Greatness Quotes

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.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

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

The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not a technically well-endowed singer, nor a great songwriter, he leaves his mark through the discipline and control he exerts over all that he touches.

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

There is nothing as special as watching greatness.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.

Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.

A president who believed that America's greatness is recoverable and expandable - a chief executive determined to lead us back to national restoration - would reject the crippling notions of national impotency that Obama has embraced.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

I want greatness.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

You are watching what greatness is all about.

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

You see, greatness for a state doesn't require some huge monument for all to see. It is not a journey to a particular destination - but a commitment to follow a course of constant and never-ending improvement.

Every person seems to acknowledge his greatness. He blends together the profound politician with the scholar.

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.