Quotes About Greatness

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."

Be not afraid of greatness.

Let your life be guided by greatness

I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.

Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life.

Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm.

To be free. Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world.

Simplicity of life is an essential for greatness of life.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.

What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Negative self-criticism is an iron chain that will never let you ascend to real greatness.