Quotes About Greatness

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Believe in yourself. Believe in your own potential for greatness. Believe that you can change the world. It is something that is within each of us. Believe in the Power of One

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Remember that poise and power are inseparably associated. The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.

The force of mind is only as great as its expression; its depth only as deep as its power to expand and lose itself.

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

No man is great if he thinks he is.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one...

Man aspires to greatness, but all too often his hopes are submerged by the primitive instinct to survive at any cost.

There are no great men, just great challenges which ordinary men, out of necessity, are forced by circumstances to meet.

Is the CEO allocating capital in a rational way that will enhance the company's long-term value? Is the company underpaying its employees, mistreating its suppliers, violating its customers' trust, or engaging in any other shortsighted behavior that could jeopardize its eventual greatness?

Great ships cannot sail in narrow rivers and shallow waters, neither can minds truly great with the knowledge of God and heaven, find room enough in the creature to turn and expatiate[12] themselves in.

It requires more prowess and greatness of spirit to obey God faithfully, than to command an army of men; to be a Christian than a captain.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

No man is truly great who is great only in his own lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in mind

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

No really great man ever thought himself so.