Quotes About Greatness

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

The virtue of Love is nothing and all, or that Nothing visible out of which All Things proceed. Its power is through All Things; its height is as high as God; its greatness is as great as God.

Many have forged a path to greatness lit only by a vision in their minds.

Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.

Ronald Reagan believed in America as the shining city on the hill - Morning in America. But Donald Trump has a much different vision of American greatness, of nationalism - a much darker view, I think, of the world.

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

Perhaps I will be a great man...I mean perhaps I will hold on to the substance of truth and find my way always with the right course

Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?

The things that have made America great are being subverted for the things that make Americans rich.

if you want to do something great for God, then get ready to be tested greatly first. You'll be tested greatly so you can be trusted greatly.

But I understand your doubts. They're what make you a great man, not your certainties.

understand your doubts. They're what make you a great man, not your certainties.

Mrs. Bevins smiled. "Okay. I'll cop. I think every teacher sees this sometimes. It's not simply intelligence or talent. It's a nobility of spirit. A quality which could make him great at whatever he wanted to do." We

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.

Scale is not a destination. Don't get caught up in the narrative telling you to grow if growth isn't what you really want. Remember, big isn't the same as great.

Growth for growth's sake is not a good strategy and, according to Collins, is the beginning of the end. Big is not the same as great, and neither is bigger necessarily more profitable.

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Fürst! Was Sie sind, sind Sie durch Zufall und Geburt, was ich bin, bin ich durch mich. Fürsten hat es und wird es noch Tausende geben, Beethoven gibt es nur einen.