Greatness Quotations

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

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

For it is in giving that we receive.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what's good, what's right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can't fix, its over...leave it alone! You're coming into a season of greatness. If you water what's alive and divine, you will see harvest like you've never seen before. Stop wasting water on dead issues, dead relationships, dead people, a dead past. No matter how much you water concrete, you can't grow a garden.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

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

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

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness

Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand, beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly, trustfully, peacefully.

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.

Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

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

Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.

In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.

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

If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.

There is nothing as special as watching greatness.

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

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.

Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness..

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.

I can do small things in a great way.

When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great.

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records... Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement.

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.

There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

I want things to be the best they can be I want greatness.

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.