Quotes About Greatness

The natural road from nothingness to greatness is to forget that one is a gram and to feel that one is one-million of a ton!

Time passes, day by day. The greatness of this country lies in the inexorable journey it has taken through time. Time is like an enormous pot, into which all ugliness and beauty are thrown, all happiness and grief, all life and all death. Cycle follows cycle, living life and dying death. Only the great River rolls on, unending.

You are dead because you're not alive to your consciousness. But when you face the sequence and relate it to the consequence and then surmount the consequences, you become alive. Trust only comes when you trust yourself. When you trust your dignity, you will always be dignified. When you trust your love, you will always be lovable. When you trust your beauty, you will always be beautiful. When you trust your greatness, you will always be great.

When human glory rises high As human glory can; When though the king is truly great, Still greater is the man.

High stations tumult, but not bliss create; None think the Great unhappy, but the Great.

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.

Men of immeasurable greatness are tossed about in the ebb and flow of words.

vida é força, luz, criatividade, movimento, grandeza, e quando você não está no fluxo do progresso, seu espírito fica desmotivado, perde a alegria e a vontade de viver.

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

Perhaps the idea of a leftist transnationalism is pie in the sky, but the fact is that Europe is in crisis, and if the Right can successfully exploit it (and has!), so can the Left. The future of Europe, in this sense, is an open question; it can turn toward a retrograde nostalgia for European "greatness," or it can equally open up a space for a radically alternative vision.

A nation's path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and ... militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.

Unhappiness is only a change. Happiness itself is only change. So what does it matter? The great thing is to see life--to understand--to feel--to work--to fight--to endure.

man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

IN GOD'S KINGDOM, many things are the opposite of what you'd expect. To be great, be a humble servant. To be strong, recognize your weakness. To be close to God, admit the darkness and depravity in your heart.

Maribeau said that "none but men of strong passions are capable of rising to greatness." Tennyson said, "The happiness of a man in his life does not consist in the absence but in the mastering of his passions." Franklin said that "he is a governor that governs his passions and he is a servant that serves them.

Thomas Carlyle dijo: Un gran hombre muestra su grandeza en la forma en la que trata a alguien más pequeño. El valor que le das a las personas determina si eres un motivador o un manipulador de hombres. La motivación es actuar juntos para un beneficio mutuo. La manipulación es trabajar juntos para mi propio beneficio. Hay una diferencia sustancial. Con el motivador todos ganan. Con el manipulador sólo gana él mismo.

If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.

The Greatness of our Dreams depends on the Purity of our Heart.

Be simple but think great to be great.

By giving away with kindness, you get it back with greatness.

Great habits sharpen our thoughts and make us great.

Greatness demands great courage.

Greatness is the flower of great adversity.

Manifest kindness to embrace greatness.