Quotes About Greatness

When we meet the great men and women of the Bible face-to-face, we may be surprised to discover just how much like us they are. It is faith in a great God that makes a great man or woman of God.

Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." —Mark 10: 42–45

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all stabs at something that can't be taught. All the great actors can't talk about what they do, and they don't want to begin to talk about it. They just do it.

No, no pensaré en Gil como alguien que murió, ni tampoco pienso así en Jimmy, porque mi mente no va por esos caminos. Le echaré de menos, pero Gil sigue estando vivo en mi recuerdo, como lo está Jimmy, como lo están Trane y Bud y Monk y Bird y Mingus y Red y Paul y Wynton y todo el resto de hijoputas geniales, como Philly Joe, que ya han desaparecido de este mundo. Todos

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

This is the America that I love. This is a great people. We can do anything. We can achieve anything. We've got a government that has gotten in the way of the American people. We're going to change that in November.

The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.

I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

C'est une chose admirable, que tous les grands hommes ont toujours du caprice, quelque petit grain de folie mêlé à leur science.

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I'm so great I don't have a mark on my face. I shook up the world.

It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I am the greatest.

All of you chumps are gonna bow, when i whoop him. All of y'all! I know you got him, i know you got him picked....But the man's in trouble. I'mma show You how great i am

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!