Quotes About Greatness

The consolation of reading biography: Most great men have led lives even more miserable than our own.

The things that are more excellent.

The greater thou art, the more humble thyself.

There cometh one mightier than I [John the Baptist] after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.

Great men are not always wise.

The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth. So it has been an honour to serve it. I give my thanks to you, the British people, for the times that I have succeeded, and my apologies to you for the times I have fallen short. But good luck.

They'll say you're too little, Werner, that you're from nowhere, that you shouldn't dream big. But I believe in you. I think you'll do something great.

the only person who knows your path to greatness is you.

Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn't allow you to achieve greatness and results. It's the day-to-day consistency of providing value to your audience.

What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time.

Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.

You know, I thought seeing Aretha Franklin last year was amazing, and I didn't think anyone can top that. But if someone can, John Legend would be the man. In my mind, he's a legend, no pun intended.

The gods love to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

Deep Purple definitely belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 'Cause they had great songs, great musicianship, they had an impact, and they're a huge influence on the heavy metal community as a whole.

The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.

For more than 40 years now, relentlessly, I have been pursuing brief encounters with the great and the good.

People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.

When everyone is buying into a system and puts their ego to the side, that's when greatness happens.

I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk.

War may make us great, but let it never be forgotten that peace only can make us both great and free.

Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.

If you're great, that means you're freaked out that the next day you're not going to be great. You keep trying.