Greatness Quotes

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...

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

The only greatness for man is immortality.

The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.

Greatness is a life mission being the best is not about being better than anyone else but striving to be the best that you can and bringing out the best in others

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Your greatness is here and now. Your happiness is here and now.

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

What great changes have not been ambitious?

I know I'm capable of greatness, and I'm expecting to reach that level.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.

Believe in yourself. Believe in your own potential for greatness. Believe that you can change the world. It is something that is within each of us. Believe in the Power of One

The greatness of the Raiders lies in their future.

When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great.

All the time nature is trying to tell us things and we blur her greatness with our little thoughts, our feebleness and flesh.

Greatness is helping others realize they are great, beautiful and capable. Genius is seeing the wonder and possibility in those others ignore.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

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

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

Greatness is won, not awarded.

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does.

The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals

We offend God because we do not know His greatness.

Greatness exists like an ocean within you. Why do you want to act like a fish out of water, wriggling on the sand under the scorching sun? Look! The water is just one millimeter away! Jump in!

Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

You cannot demonstrate your own greatness by remaining at one extreme, but by reaching out to both extremes at the same time, and filling the intermediate space.

What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.

Greatness lives on the edge of destruction

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had - to find the greatness that lies within each of us.

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.

You only need a heart full of grace

The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.

He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.

Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness.