Quotes About Greatness

I dream of a church that is once again called great, even by our skeptics, because our works of mercy cannot be denied.

The universe is awesome and so am I.

Wenn wir darauf vertrauen, in einem Universum der Fülle zu leben – und deshalb großzügig geben –, erhöhen wir unsere Frequenz, stärken unseren Glauben und fühlen uns großartig.

Sie werden geliebt. Unbändig.Mit aller macht. Bedingungslos. Das Universum flippt aus vor lauter Freude darüber, wie großartig Sie sind. Es zerdrückt Sie fast in seiner bewundernden Umarmung. Es möchte Ihnen alles geben, was Sie sich wünschen. Es will, dass Sie glücklich sind. Es möchte, dass Sie in sich sehen, was es selbst in Ihnen sieht.

Ich bin eins mit dem Universum. Das Universum ist großartig, und ich bin es auch.

I am one with The Universe. The Universe is awesome and so am I.

They all said that they could not do it either, but they did; that is what made them so great. They did not believe in their own worth either, not one of those men thought that he was the right man for the throne, but that was their greatness: that they did not believe themselves to be so high.

All great heroes have a flaw. It's one of the things that makes them heroes.

People can be great, but they can also be lousy. I am often lousy. But not completely lousy. You, Libby Strout, are great.

Greatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.

It's a great thing to be great, Loo, and you and I might tug for a life, and never accomplish it, but no one can stop our looking on, and you know some cannot sing, but the orchard is full of birds, and we all can listen. What if we learn, ourselves, some day!

People like me, LB, the truly great ones ... we are always alone.

He was gonna die here alone. He would never be great. Artemis felt his brain going spiraling off into a black tunnel. Concentrate, he told himself. Focus.

He was gonna die here alone. He would never be great. Artemis felt his brain going, spiraling off in a black tunnel. 'Concentrate,' he told himself. 'Focus.

You will do the greatest services to the state, if you shall raise not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

Friend, lay hold with a desperate grasp, ere it is too late, on Freedom, on Tranquility, on Greatness of soul!

greatness of reason is measured not by height or length, but by the quality of its judgements.

None of those who have been raised to a loftier height by riches and honours is really great.

A college friend once explained that the difference Neil Young and Crazy Horse and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band was that the former made you feel as if they were really no better than you are, while the latter somehow convinces you that you can be as great as they are.

The process of healing is to enlighten your life to the greatness of That Which Is in the universe.

There were always men who looked beyond the dimensions of their own society- and while they may have been called fools or criminals in their time they are the roster of great men as far as the record of human history is concerned- and visualized something which can be called universally human and which is not identical with what a particular society assumes human nature to be. There were always men who were bold and imaginative enough to see beyond the frontiers of their own existence.

C'est aux sultans et aux cadis qu'il faut parler avec des circonlocutions. Pas au Créateur. Dieu est grand, II n'a que faire de nos petits airs et de nos petites courbettes. II m'a fait pensant, alors je pense, et je Lui livre sans dissimulation le fruit de ma pensée.

Enlightenment is the transforming process that makes one kind, happy, and compassionate to the world. Enlightenment is bringing greatness in our ordinary life. Enlightenment is bringing beauty in our words, actions, breath and thoughts. Enlightenment is unfolding our true divinity. Enlightenment is bringing sweetness in our relationships. Enlightenment is making friendship with the whole existence. Enlightenment is making the whole existence as the center of your heart.

Any man of energy and initiative in this country can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or by a tax system which denies him the right to receive a reasonable share of his earnings, then he will no longer exert himself and the country will be deprived of the energy on which its continued greatness depends.