Quotes About Greatness

There are no other Kobe Bryants.

I think Kobe Bryant was great.

Great men are not always idiots

You mean you have to be epic already, for it to make you more epic?

Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

Great men may make great mistakes;

Great men may make great mistakes; and as the book tries to show, some of the greatest leaders of the past supported the perennial attack on freedom and reason.

If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.

Living, the nearest claim them; but the dear Great dead belong to any humble heart.

AMBITION IS NEVER content, even at the summit of greatness," Napoleon declared.

People rarely achieved greatness because they were too blinded by daily routine even to try anything extraordinary. For Cutler mediocrity was a failure of will, not talent.

Ambition is a noble passion which may legitimately take many forms; there was something noble in the ambitions of Attila or Napoleon; but the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value.

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Why make anything if you don't believe it could be great?

As Sam often said to Sadie, "Why make anything if you don't believe it could be great?

Being the great love doesn't mean being the love who lasts.

We had come so close to greatness. We had smelled it, and it smelled like roast pig. Everybody likes the smell of roast pig. But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

So you think Don Pedro ended up all right," I said. "I think he became a man who brought peace and wisdom to his world, because he knew about war and folly. I think that he loved greatly, because he had seen what lost love is. And I think he came to know, too, that he was loved greatly." She looked at the strawberry in her hands. "But I thought you didn't want me to tell you your future.

When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up.

When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up. In fact, other areas of your life may experience chaos in direct proportion to the time you put in on your ONE Thing. It's important for you to accept this instead of fighting it.

Pursue a big life and you're pursuing the greatest life you can possibly live. To live great, you have to think big.

You must be open to the possibility that your life and what you accomplish can become great.

Don't fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest. When

The truth is, it's a package deal. When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up. In fact, other areas of your life may experience chaos in direct proportion to the time you put in on your ONE Thing. It's important for you to accept this instead of fighting it. Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola warns us that "anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos." In other words, get used to it and get over it.