Quotes About Greatness

America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good it will cease to be great.

This Rock has become an object of veneration in the United States. I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns in the Union. Does this sufficiently show that all human power and greatness is in the soul of man? Here is a stone which the feet of a few outcasts pressed for an instant; and the stone becomes famous; it is treasured by a great nation; its very dust is shared as a relic.

Piping a simple song for thinking hearts, is all very well. But it will not do to say, or to suggest, or to allow it to be inferred, that doing this makes a man as great a poet.

Someone who goes through this wilderness among mankind again and again as the Seeker, and as the Caller, You can sense that that this is more than the call of man, or a power, or a greatness, or a thirst for dominance, or a violent force. This is the Calling God, who calls out in the midst of the wilderness through voices of men. He has filled them, and their very documents that such perfected people are among us sent by God.

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

My dad pushed me really hard as a kid because he understood that I could be great. He saw the drive that I possessed, and the talent, and he didn't want to see it go to waste. So he pushed me. When he passed away, I had to push myself. And I wasn't going to be denied.

I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.

That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'

If I'm half as good as everybody said I am, I'm far too good to be wasting time with ordinary people. But I seem to be spending my life with ordinary people, who are the best people in the world.

I never saw Pele, but I watched Maradona, for seven years I saw every game. He's not one of the best, he's the best.

You are watching what greatness is all about.

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.

Failure holds the seeds for greatness - so long as you water those seeds with introspection, they can be the root of your success.

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it great.

The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.

Inexperienced entrepreneurs often want to keep their plans secret, but this is never how I've seen any of the great companies get built.

I'm always just focused on being great where I'm at and blooming where I'm planted.

I'm just playing basketball. I just want to be a great player. That's it. That's all I'm thinking about. If the other stuff comes, it comes, but I'm just fortunate to play in the NBA Finals and just to play basketball, period.

Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.

Maradona has been the best player in history and for me, Messi is even greater than he is.