Quotes About Greatness

He is her glory. Any woman could say it. For every one of them, God is in her child. Mothers of great men must have been familiar with this feeling, but then, all women are mothers of great men -- it isn't their fault if life disappoints them later.

All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.

You and I are like the first two people on earth who at the beginning of the world had nothing to cover themselves with - at the end of it, you and I are just as stripped and homeless. And you and I are the last remembrance of all that immeasurable greatness which has been created in all the thousands of years between their time and ours, and it is in memory of all that vanished splendour that we live and love and weep and cling to one another.

And if he were really to do good he would have needed in addition to his principles, a heart capable of violating them - a heart which knows only of particular not of general cases and which achieves greatness in little actions.

Only the familiar transformed by genius is truly great.

Minila bodo leta, veliko pomembnih let. Mene tedaj že ne bo ve?. ?asi o?etov in dedov se ne bodo vrnili, kar pravzaprav niti ni pomembno in si niti tega ne želim. Zagotovo pa bodo ponovno vzniknile tako dolgo zatajevane plemenitost, ustvarjalnost in veli?ina. To bo obdobje velikih vrednot. Vaše življenje bo postalo bogato in plodno kot še nikoli doslej... Tedaj se spomnite name.

We learn of great things by little experiences.

Los espacios cerrados producen limitaciones extraordinarias en los hombres. Es necesario estar fuera, al aire libre, para admitir que hay cosas que no logras comprender; y eta concienciación no es una derrota sino una posibilidad que tienes de grandeza. A partir de ahí puedes hacer viajes extraordinarios...

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet--and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid.

I am no prophet—and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid.

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. And

I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?

Heroes can be found in the most unlikely places. Perhaps we all have it within us to do great things, but may simply lack the circumstances or the reasons to be heoric.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

I am not in competition against anyone. The only person I am in competition against is myself because I believe in the greatness of human potential and purpose. You should always strive to be the very best you can be. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow

All I can say is...God is Great! And All Beliefs that Teach People to Be Good and Decent to Each Other. "- Strong: Philosophies by Kailin Gow

ceux qui se révèlent incapables de sentir en eux-mêmes la petitesse des grandes choses ne sauraient reconnaître chez les autres la grandeur des petites choses.

Chi non è in grado di cogliere dentro di sé la piccolezza delle grandi cose avrà molta difficoltà a cogliere la grandezza delle piccole cose negli altri.

Cel care nu e conÈ™tient de propria micime nu va putea niciodat? înÈ›elege grandoarea celuilalt.

Our reasoning brain is weak, and our tongue is weaker still", remarks St Basil the Great. "It is easier to measure the entire sea with a tiny cup than to grasp God's ineffable greatness with the human mind."10

It is easier to measure the entire sea with a tiny cup than to grasp God's ineffable greatness with the human mind."10 But,

It is easier to measure the entire sea with a tiny cup than to grasp God's ineffable greatness with the human mind.