Greatness Quotes

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulate...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accompli...

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not de...

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

Sir Leicester is generally in a complacent state, and rarely bored. When he has nothing else to do, ...

He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true s...

The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an Empire. Every man of action has a stron...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined...

Milton's Eve! Milton's Eve! ... Milton tried to see the first woman; but Cary, he saw her not ... I ...

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

Greatness depends on where you are coming from.

Nay, could their numbers countervail the stars,Or ever-drizzling drops of April showers,Or wither'd ...

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

The firstsign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and actgreat. Before you can call ...

Some are born great some achieve greatness and some hire public relations officers.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- o...

The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to ma...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftie...

I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn ...

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be g...

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-makin...

God in his unending greatness and glory and man in his unending littleness, prepared for the worst b...

It is not the strength but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men.

How can a man become great if he does not feel in himself the force and the will to inflict great pa...

To do great things is difficult but to command great things is more difficult.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman,...

The great works are produced in such an ecstasy of love that they must always be unworthy of it, how...

Like a last signpost to the other path, Napoleon appeared, the most isolated and late-born man there...

You are treading your path of greatness: now it must call up all your courage that there is no longe...

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.

If a man has a capacity for great thoughts, he is likely to overtake them before he is decrepit.

A great ship asks deep water.

Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will...

A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried t...

For something to be great, there has to be some kind of trial or some type of struggle that actually...

..if I dont do something on the grand scale, it is that my genius is altogether imitative, and that ...

The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times.

The heights by men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight But they while their compan...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

The Scientist - with capital letters and no smile.

Harry - you're a great wizard, you know." "I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as...

There were not words enough in the English language, nor in any language, to make his attitude and c...

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is...

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smel...

The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem gre...

The biggest dog has been a pup.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is...

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.

Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they wer...

That men, who might have tower'd in the vanOf all the congregated world, to fanAnd winnow from the c...

I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his...

...I say to you, without pleasure, that this son of ours will be a great man, because -- well -- bec...

Tom's cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men.

It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the...

His eminence was due to the flatness of the surrounding landscape.

Suddenly summoned to witness something great and horrendous, we keep fighting not to reduce it to ou...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

I saw only the reality of his destiny, which he had knownhow to follow with unfaltering footsteps, t...

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatne...

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

And here we go creating great men out of artisans who happened to have stumbled on a way to improve ...

No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the worl...

So many will try to destroy me. So many, over and over, coming in periods of greatness. But in this ...

I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional ...

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but wh...

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, w...

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and ...

Calmness is always Godlike.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the reall...

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civ...

But what is great can only begin great.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neith...

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad...

You can only become great at that thing you're willing to sacrifice for.

I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who see...

Impossible is nothing.

When you're as great as I am it's hard to be humble.

I don't know what kind of great I'm bound to be," Dove considered his prospects calmly, "all I know ...