Quotes About Greatness

Just as great valorous deeds are the consequence of swords,' here he paused to snuff the candle with his fingers, 'so great philosophic thoughts are the consequence of pens.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

She had died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

she found her greatness, at last, found it in her suffering. Once you have greatness, who needs anything else?

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

I want to try and be terrific. Even for an hour.

Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election

The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others

There is a better chance of seeing a camel pass through the eye of a needle than of seeing a really great man 'discovered' through an election.

The question of 'nationalizing' a people is first and foremost one of establishing healthy social conditions which will furnish the grounds that are necessary for the education of the individual. For only when family upbringing and school education have inculcated in the individual a knowledge of the cultural and economic and, above all, the political greatness of his own country - then, and then only, will it be possible for him to feel proud of being a citizen of such a country.

To this group belong not only the genuinely great statesmen but all the great reformers as well. Beside Frederick the Great we have men such as Martin Luther and Richard Wagner.

There is no novel of world history, which is more wonderful than our party's development to its present greatness. Speech of March 20, 1934 in Munich

excuse for our negligent attitude. But it is not so. What we call chauvinistic education - in the case of the French people, for example - is only the excessive exaltation of the greatness of France in all spheres of culture or, as the French say, civilization. The French boy is not educated on purely objective principles. Wherever the importance of the political and cultural greatness of his country is concerned he is taught in the most subjective way that one can imagine.

No one can doubt that this world will one day be the scene of dreadful struggles for existence on the part of mankind. In the end, only the instinct of self-preservation will triumph. This so-called humanitarianism-which connotes only a mixture of stupidity, cowardice, and self-conceit-will melt away like snow under a March sun. Man has become great through perpetual struggle. In perpetual peace, he must decline.

el progreso de todo Movimiento trascendental en el mundo se ha debido, generalmente, más a grandes oradores que a grandes escritores.

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.

Pat Summerall personified less is more. His play-by-play was so bare bones but so great because he had a great, deep-toned voice.

I'm not just here to get a paycheck and leave. I'm here to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever play.

I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.

The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness.

The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.