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Quotes About Greatness

Nothing great in science has ever been done by men, whatever their powers, in whom the divine afflatus of the truth-seeker was wanting.
~ Thomas Huxley
Good players want to be coached. Great players want to be told the truth.
~ Doc Rivers
Humility is never about being small, unseen and unnoticed. Humility is really about expressing all the wonder you are in a way that all people see is the awesomeness and greatness of GOD.
~ TemitOpe Ibrahim
Greatness is unleashed when you develop faith in the power of your faith.
~ Phumi Ngwane
Be great. Get thy "Self". Know who you are. Beyond this body, and being. You are more than what you're seeing.
~ Fakeer Ishavardas
World looks narrow for great people, and world looks wide for minor people
~ Dyota Narotama
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT WOMEN, ANYWAY? And, lower: HEY, EVERY WOMAN, PAL, IS A VOLUME OF STORIES A CATALOGUE OF MOVEMENTS A SPECTACULAR ARRAY OF IMAGES Then: PLUS THERE'S THE MYSTERY OF LEARNING ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD A fourth man had concluded: AND OF EVERYTHING
~ Michael Chabon
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT WOMEN, ANYWAY? And, lower: HEY, EVERY WOMAN, PAL, IS A VOLUME OF STORIES A CATALOGUE OF MOVEMENTS A SPECTACULAR ARRAY OF IMAGES Then: PLUS THERE'S THE MYSTERY OF LEARNING ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD A fourth man had concluded: AND OF EVERYTHING THAT'S CONCEALED UNDER HER CLOTHES
~ Michael Chabon
No es el respeto, sino el miedo lo que motiva a un hombre; así se construyen imperios y se ponen en marcha revoluciones. Ése es el secreto de los grandes hombres. Cuando un hombre tiene miedo de que lo aplastes, de que lo destruyas por completo, su respeto siempre vendrá detrás. El temor más elemental siempre es embriagador, abrumador, liberador. Siempre es más intenso que el respeto
~ Michael Dobbs
the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.
~ Michael E. Gerber
Existen momentos especiales, en los que sucede que todas las cosas y seres, hasta la mas altas estrellas, se ponen de acuerdo de una manera singular, de modo que puede suceder algo que de ningún modo habría podido ocurrir ni antes ni despues. Desgraciadamente, los seres humanos en general no saben aprovecharlas, y por eso las horas estelares pasan desapercibidas muy a menudo. Pero si hay alguien que las reconoce, entonces suceden grandes cosas en el mundo.
~ Michael Ende
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
~ Livy
I'm one of the best producers, one of the best singers. You hear me? I'm not just one of the best rappers. I'm one of the greatest ever.
~ Scarface
If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff.
~ J. J. Watt
I am addicted to cereal. I am one of those people who just loves their cereal morning, noon and night. Kellogg's message is what I tell my kids every single day, which is: You've gotta start off your day right with a good, healthy breakfast to give yourself the potential for greatness.
~ Summer Sanders
It will not get better than Sir Alex Ferguson. It just won't.
~ David Moyes
Portraits of other great ones look down on you in your college halls; but while you are young and sit at the brief feast, what avails their serene gaze if it do not lift up your hearts and movingly persuade you to match your manhood to its inheritance?
~ Arthur Quiller-Couch
Listening is a master skill for personal and professional greatness.
~ Robin S. Sharma
The U.S. military is known the world over for its advanced technology as well as the prowess, skill, and dedication of its service members. When you grow up in the company of its leaders, as I did, you understand that this greatness is something that is cultivated.
~ Harris Faulkner
I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.
~ Elizabeth Montagu
My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.
~ Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero
Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness
~ Jocelyn Murray
I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.
~ Angelina Jolie
Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
~ Barbara Sher