Greatness Quotes · Page 113

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

— Epictetus

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

— Stephen Fry

When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.

— Socrates

Man is the being who has built controllers for every stubborn element, but he has not been able to build one for…

— Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

— Anonymous

“Responding to the 'great good' within us causes us to be 'great people.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness and some think themselves to be great.”

— Amit Abraham

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know…

— Georges Bernanos

It's hard to be reverent today when directors make films that are not as good. There will be time later, though, when…

— Robert Osborne

The consistent thinker, the consistently moral man, is either a walking mummy or else, if he has not succeeded in stifling all…

— Aldous Huxley

A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness,…

— Tom Coburn

“Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies,…

— Victor Hugo

Good people are everywhere, the difference between a good individual and a awesome successful individual is the effort, commitment and the hustle…

— Ricardo Housham

“When you are able to overcome distractions, then you will be able to do something more specific, something more precise and definite…

— Sunday Adelaja

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and…

— Honore de Balzac

“To become the king of your territory you must not allow any of your time pass without converting it into building your…

— Sunday Adelaja

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

— William Cowper

Take risks that could result in Greatness! Wayne Gretsky said, "You miss 100% of the shots you never take."

— Robert Cheeke

In the Future, Greatness will be lost in the vast sea of mediocrity.

— Liam E Turner

“A great nation is like a great man...He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.”

— Tao Te Ching

No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it.

— Anonymous

The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort

— William Feather

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

— Mark Twain

I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.

— James L. Brooks

“Some are great. Some are born great. Some have greatness thrust upon them. And then there's you.”

— Reginald Dipwipple

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Always give your best; today's great work is tomorrow's benchmark.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

— William Shirley

The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Hafez

Boys always find the easy way out, give them a hard relationship, and they will go on to the next. Gentlemen stay…

— Anonymous

It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.

— Joseph Addison

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods

— Margaret Chase Smith

Greatness is a matter of a moment. Goodness is the work of a lifetime.

— Sri Chinmoy

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

— John Keegan

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

— Alexander Pope

When men are able to influence so many others through their life and their example, they do not die.

— Aleida Guevara

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

— Jonathan Swift

A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.

— William James