William Hazlitt Quotes

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

To a great leader there is no worthy seed.

The test of greatness is the page of history.

Power may be defined as the production of intended effects

Great men don't 'move to the center' — great men move the center!

It is not the places which grace men, but men the places.

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

When Nelson Mandela came into the room, he changed the room.

The men who have led the House, whose names have become a splendid tradition to their successors, have gained prominence not through luck or by mere accident. They have had ability, at least in some degree; but more than that, they have had character.

High office—whether elected, appointed, or simply taken—comes with power. But that is not a sufficient precondition for success. Among the world’s hundreds …, only a few really stand out for the risks that they have taken and the changes they have made

It would take me 10 lifetimes to achieve even half of what Wilberforce achieved.

I only aim at the powerful.

When you look at some of the greatest people and players in the world they all stand for something outside their working lives.

I want to be part of something great.

If I can be in a position of power and influence, and be able to make my present better, then I want to do that.

You want to make an impact and show what you're about.

I want to make an impact.

Greatness is contagious.

Whatever I want to do, I want to make a difference.

A person is big if his work is big.

Cristiano left the bar very high at Real Madrid. You cannot cover the sun with a finger.

I want to build to that mogul, legendary level.

Words are powerful.