Quotes and Sayings about Great Works

To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.

It's always the way with great men, they can't see the knives of those who live in their shadow.

Some of the greatest works of art were produced by intense grief.

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening - everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that'.

Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

Art is a way of survival.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

A picture means I know where I was every minute. That's why I take pictures. It's a visual diary.

Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.

Even the smallest of us are capable of great things.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

A mosquito is more annoying for a lion than a lion is for a mosquito.

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

No matter what I do
All I think about is you
Even when I'm with my boo
Boy, you know I'm crazy over you

"Mercy is the sweetest wine and the bitterest wormwood," Eliss, the mother, said. "For it rewards the merciful and shames the guilty."

Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from enemies, it comes from those you trust the most.

I think it's the ending of a relationship, that's what makes a love story so memorable.

Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday they can grow up and be president.

Fighting's for grownups, and that's only if you got no other choice.

Change is necessary, like the renewal of nature in spring.

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.