Greatness Quotes · Page 120

Though the boot may fit the foot, one can rarely stand in the tread of his own reputation.

— Wes Fesler

All that is great cannot be possessed - and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing.

— Anonymous

Actually men are closer to having the ability to act egoistic when it comes to a crisis situation.

— Ruben Ostlund

“You will need an evidence to show the world that you didn’t waste your time here on earth.”

— Sunday Adelaja

A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You can be anything you want to be; it all depends on how you convert your time”

— Sunday Adelaja

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

“A man never discloses his character so clearly as when he descibes another's”

— Jean Paul Richter

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no…

— John Steinbeck

Albert Einstein once reported, "Great spirits have always encountered voilent opposition from mediocre minds." If you want to achieve your own greatness,…

— Wayne Dyer

“Comparing ourselves instead of taking lessons from ourselves is not only a catalyst to diminishing our true purpose but also a great…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

When you have a great relationship, don't try to improve it. Try to hold on to what you have. You need to…

— Anonymous

“All I am saying is that you should begin to see greatness as something you cannot do without. Begin to see greatness…

— Sunday Adelaja

Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds A stream of liberal and heroic deeds; The swell of pity, not to be…

— William Cowper

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man…

— Joseph Addison

“You could do so many other things with your potentials in life, but the greatest of all, the one that matters most…

— CLEMENT OGEDEGBE

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

— Jim Valvano

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

— Charles de Gaulle

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

— Simone Weil

The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it.

— Anonymous

Men never do anything right. And if they do something right, they'll never do it again.

— Anonymous

The Englishmen is at his best on the links and at his worst in the Cabinet.

— George Bernard Shaw

“The seed of greatness is at work in me! I am protected on every side;I am a Success.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“A man shows he's a man by the way he corresponds to the expectations of those who are naive.”

— Torey Haydden

Every man has a secret ambition: To outsmart horses, fish and women.

— Mark Twain

There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.

— William Halsey

How you gonna compare yourself to greatness If you ain't ready to be great

— Mabor Maker Kulang

“God is great!, Nothing and no one can take that greatness away from him.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

I believe that everyone is destined for greatness, but most people aren't willing to pay the price it takes to get there.

— Clifton Anderson

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

— Josh Billings

“You know how people are. They only recognize greatness when some authority confirms it.”

— Calvin

It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Today’s man should do more than just talk; he should act. He should do more than just promise; he should deliver.”

— Steve Maraboli

A good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it.

— Samuel Richardson

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

— Matthew Henry

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

— John Buchan

“Begin to invest quality time. Start the conversion process and birth your products.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“To bring order into this jangled sphere man must find its centre" Marshall McLuhan”

— Douglas Coupland

There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.

— Andre Maurois