Quotes on Ordinary Man

Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is the same as ordinary men. They all died and gradually faded away in the memory of man. But when we are still alive, we have to understand ourselves, discover ourselves and express ourselves. In this way, we can progress, but we may not be successful.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.

Patience is a godly attribute that can heal souls, unlock treasures of knowledge and understanding, and transform ordinary men and women into saints and angels. Patience is truly a fruit of the Spirit. Patience means staying with something until the end. It means delaying immediate gratification for future blessings.

Poets are masters of us ordinary men, in knowledge of the mind, because they drink at streams which we have not yet made accessible to science.

I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.