"So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer."

-- Voltaire

#Country Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Men Quotes

“See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.”
“I have always been convinced that one can be more successful in business with honest, fair and legal behavior than with tricks.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I have been given nothing. God makes men what they are.”
“I'm of Arab background.”
“At times, the biggest challenge in embracing simplicity will be the vague feeling of isolation that comes with it, since private sacrifice doesn't garner much attention in the frenetic world of mass culture.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.15, Ballantine Books
“When I'm happy inside, that's when I feel most sexy.”
“Is suffering so very serious? ...I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful... hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain... is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.”
“Curtis, where was that enthusiasm in the match? You might have won.”

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