Greatness Quotes


Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. William Shakespeare Greatness 687
In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Greatness 618
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Greatness 414
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. William F. Halsey Greatness 211
All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. Francis Bacon Greatness 181
There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear. Confucius Greatness 180
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important ... they do not mean to do harm ... they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves. T.S. Eliot Greatness 171
There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent. Leo Tolstoy Greatness 143
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. Alexis Carrel Greatness 131
The first step toward greatness is to be honest. Proverbs Greatness 128
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Albert Camus Greatness 122
From the little spark may burst a mighty flame. Dante Greatness 118
Great men never feel great; small men never feel small. Chinese Proverb Greatness 117
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein greatness 115
The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time. Alexander Smith Greatness 112
Great people are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson Greatness 108
Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness C. JoyBell C.Greatness 97
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. Ralph Waldo Emerson Greatness 96
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. Elbert Hubbard Greatness 95
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. Ralph Waldo Emerson Greatness 94
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities. Kahlil Gibran Greatness 94
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. Horace Greatness 93
There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. Mother Theresa Greatness 92
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. Albert Einstein Greatness 92
A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man. Ralph Waldo Emerson Greatness 90
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. G.K. Chesterton Greatness 89
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. Publilius Syrus Greatness 88
To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. Samuel Butler Greatness 87
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. Napoleon Bonaparte Greatness 87
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Greatness 86
Greatness is a spiritual condition. Matthew Arnold Greatness 85
When a man realizes his littleness, his greatness can appear. H.G. Wells Greatness 85
The common man wants nothing of life but health longevity amusement comfort happiness. He who does not despise this should turn his eyes from world history for it contains nothing of the sort. The best that history has created is great suffering. Oswald Spengler Greatness 85
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Greatness 85
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. Harriet Beecher Stowe Greatness 84
Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson Greatness 84
Good and great are seldom in the same man. Winston Churchill Greatness 84
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. Jean Rostand Greatness 83
It is necessary to be slightly under employed if you are to do something significant. James Watson Greatness 83
Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons Greatness 83
I go to seek a great perhaps. FranÃ§ois Rabelais Greatness 83
...What are numbers knit By force or custom? Man who man would be,Must rule the empire of himself; in itMust be supreme, establishing his throneOn vanquished will, quelling the anarchyOf hopes and fears, being himself alone. Percy Bysshe Shelley Greatness 82
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service. Martin Luther King Jr.Greatness 82
The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill Greatness 82
So many will try to destroy me. So many over and over coming in periods of greatness. But in this period I cannot be broken GAGAKLEIN. Lady Gaga Greatness 81
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. Sydney Smith Greatness 81
In general I strive for greatness and rational achievement but I admit to you Ive a terrible fondness for women a tendency towards drunkenness and a weakness for the fumes of the poppyopium and other miserable beauties. Roman Payne Greatness 79
Success is personal ownership of the dream and responsibility for its desired outcome. Johnnie Dent Jr.Greatness 77
Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die. Lord (George Gordon) Byron Greatness 77
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. John Ruskin Greatness 77

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