Quotes About Greatness

The only time you will see me content is when everyone is calling me the greatest fighter of all time.

America is a great nation, not just because of your power and your wealth, but because of your high ideals, openness, and generosity of spirit.

The great things of life are what they seem to be, and for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, are often difficult to interpret. But the little things of life are symbols. We receive our bitter lessons most easily through them.

Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood

Se dice que los grandes acontecimientos del mundo tienen lugar en el cerebro. Es en el cerebro, y sólo en el cerebro, donde los grandes pecados del mundo tienen lugar también.

Yüzeysel hüzünler, yüzeysel aÅŸklar uzun ömürlüdür. Büyük aÅŸklar, büyük ac?larsa kendi büyüklüklerine kurban olurlar.

We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to hold on to the lost position, without hope, without rescue, like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at his post because they forgot to relieve him. That is greatness. That is what it means to be a thoroughbred. The honorable end is the one thing that can not be taken from a man.

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal.

the true stature of a great work may not at first be recognized by those of a more conventional cast of mind.

As can often be observed, the true stature of a great work may not at first be recognized by those of a more conventional cast of mind.

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life.

I never once approached greatness, but toward the end of my career, I was always in the game.

Um grande homem demonstra sua grandeza pela forma como trata os pequenos", disse o filósofo escocês Thomas Carlyle.

But there is one longing—almost as deep, almost as imperious, as the desire for food or sleep—which is seldom gratified. It is what Freud calls 'the desire to be great.' It is what Dewey calls the 'desire to be important.

The material universe is both an essential display of the greatness and goodness of God and the arena of the eternal life of finite spirits, including the human.

In worship we are ascribing greatness, goodness, and glory to God. It

The price of greatness...is responsibility - Winston Churchill

And as we do, may we never forget the wisdom of Churchill, who warned us: 'The price of greatness…is responsibility.'

The price of greatness…is responsibility.'

As we move into an undefined tomorrow," Edmond said, "we will transform ourselves into something greater than we can yet imagine, with powers beyond our wildest dreams. And as we do, may we never forget the wisdom of Churchill, who warned us: 'The price of greatness…is responsibility.'

The price of greatness…is responsibility.' " The words resonated for Langdon, who often feared the human race would not be responsible enough to wield the intoxicating tools it was now inventing.

Churchill: "El precio de la grandeza…es la responsabilidad".

Churchill, who warned us: 'The price of greatness…is responsibility.