Quotes About Greatness

What they do not comprehend is man's helplessness. I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice me; I live on unseen. But why is that bad? Isn't it that way? Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small… and you will escape the jealousy of the great.

Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small… and you will escape the jealousy of the great.

Be small … and you will escape the jealousy of the great.

Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small . . . and you will escape the jealousy of the great.

and asked the I Ching: Should I be here doing this, or should I go on somewhere else and keep searching? The reply came: Keeping still, so that restlessness dissolves; then, beyond the tumult, one can perceive the great laws.

Number one is talk about the unique achievement, status or other specialties. Number two is personalize the greatness in your offer. Number three is show the reader how easy it is to achieve this.

Failing to come to terms with the hubris and destructiveness of that process—or, worse, seeing it as a glorious part of America's supposed greatness—conditions the people of the United States to perpetuate those evils in new forms.

We fear God by honoring, reverencing, and cherishing Him. His greatness and majesty reduce us to an overpowering sense of awe that is not focused only on His wrath and judgment but also on His transcendent glory , which is like nothing else we can confront in this world. It leaves us all but speechless.

Neurotic obsessed suffering is essential for greatness.

The real payoff we get is when we let go of our negativity and choose to be loving; we are the ones who benefit. We are the ones who gain from the real payoff. With this increased awareness of who we really are comes the progressive invulnerability to pain. Once we compassionately accept our own humanness and that of others, we are no longer subject to humiliation, for true humility is a part of greatness.

A veces la grandeza la lleva el perdedor y la ignominia es de quien primero llegó.

Perhaps that, he thought, was the real lesson. The knowledge that life meant growth and change and challenge, and that those were painful things, but that only those who dared to love despite the pain were the true inheritors of humanity's dreams of greatness.

Surely with all its greatness it could not be lost; surely in the end it must triumph over evil.

I want to be looked at as one of the greatest sprinters of all-time.

I am the greatest of all-time.

I do believe that this country is the greatest on this planet and that we can come together and get great answers together.

for no greatness is so great that it can rise above the laws of human affection, or live beyond the jurisdiction of pain, as certain demagogues would have the people believe

La flatterie n'émane jamais des grandes âmes, elle est l'apanage des petits esprits qui réussissent à se rapetisser encore pour mieux entrer dans la sphère vitale de la personne autour de laquelle ils gravitent. La flatterie sous-entend un intérêt.

Los hombres de genio no tenían hermanos ni hermanas, ni padres ni madres; las grandes obras que habrían de crear les imponían un egoísmo aparente al obligarles a sacrificarlo todo a su grandeza.

It is so natural to believe in the realization of a noble vision, in the Brotherhood of Man. But, alas! the human machine does not have such divine proportions. Souls that are vast enough to grasp a range of feelings bestowed on great men only will never belong to either fathers of families or simple citizens.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

If any man seeks greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.