Quotes About Greatness

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. — Søren Kierkegaard

A people that has remained convinced of its greatness and invulnerability, that has chosen to believe such a myth in the face of all the evidence, is a people in the grip of a kind of sleep, or madness.

Parents are impelled by the profit motive - nothing more, nothing less. For their attentions, they expected, from me, the immense dividend of greatness.

I want to be one of the greatest athletes ever to live, not only in track and field, but in all of general sport.

It's great to be great, but its greater to be human.

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

Don't wait to be a great man; be a great boy!

Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and ought to be a hero.

The Little Man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it. He covers up his smallness and narrowness with illusions of strength and greatness...

To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.

Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.

The German countryside must be preserved under all circumstances, for it is and has forever been the source of strength and greatness of our people.

America needs somebody to restore the strength of this great land of ours.

I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.

There is a mighty power within every man to accomplish great things.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don't look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.