Greatness Quotes

I see no greatness in my self...I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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

Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.

You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.

To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.

Success isn't always about 'greatness'. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.

He who Serves his fellows is, of all his fellows, greatest

Some people chase money. Some people chase fame. Some chase greatness - and that's what I'm trying to do.

Every life is capable of greatness.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

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

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

Take a look people, take a good look at greatness!

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.

Top to bottom Michigan is about excellence, greatness. You have my pledge I will carry forward the excellence of Michigan football.

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

When your silent, people recognize your greatness.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.

Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.

It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

A great man leaves clean work behind him, and requires no sweeper up of the chips.

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

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?