Quotes About Greatness

The Beatles were great, but Beethoven and Mozart were phenomenal. Both will be remembered for centuries, but it will always be clear which were most in touch with the soul of humanity.

Through protest - especially in the 1950s and '60s - we, as a people, touched greatness. Protest, not immigration, was our way into the American Dream. Freedom in this country had always been relative to race, and it was black protest that made freedom an absolute.

LeBron is one of the greats. He's going to hit tough shots. You have to be able to live with them and limit everyone else around him.

When you see it from the outside, then you see just how great the Tour de France is.

We Harvard students live in a tourist attraction with movie stars and geniuses; we're recognized on all continents as the creme of the brulee, the syrup on the pancakes of greatness. Yet most of us complain like vegans at a barbecue cook-off.

The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness.

When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer.

We might have been a free and great people together.

The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.

Bible says the tree is known by his fruit. We can also say that the great man is known by his undreamed dreams!

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Don't focus on the adversity; focus on God. No matter what you go through, stay in faith, be your best each day and trust that God will use it to position you for greatness.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you

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

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too.

When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too. This is the kind of relationship you want, and it's the only kind of relationship worth having.

The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money.

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.

Greatness is when people impersonate rather than outperform you!!!!