Quotes About Greatness

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.

I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.

I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by giving birth, men--great men-- must build monuments and seek fame?

Great women belong to history and to self-sacrifice, not to the annals of a stage, however dignified.

We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.

Great women aren't born great, they become great.

I'm a Black woman. Empowered, powerful, and greatness.

If you're reading this, I hope God opens incredible doors for your life this year. Greatness is upon you. You must believe it though.

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm, the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

Be the greatest thing that has ever happened to you.

You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.

Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer's 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman.

When a great man stands on a land for a moment, the land becomes not just a great land for a moment, but a great landmark!

Strive to be more than number one—strive to be the greatest number one.

If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.

Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love.

As rain does not bother the ocean, nor heat bother the sun, so adversity does not bother the great.

It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.

The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.

The real heroes are those who rebuild their lives using adversity as a stepping stone to greatness in the midst of the chaos life has thrown at them.

Great men don't strive for greatness, theysimply do great works.

Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87

I Am Female. Empowered, powerful, and greatness!

For all the girls in all the worlds.May you feel strength with your first breath, realize your unlimited potential for greatness on your second, and follow your dreams on your third.