Greatness Quotes · Page 125

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

— Anonymous

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

— Hafez

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

— Aleida Guevara

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

— Alexander Pope

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

— John Keegan

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

— Mark Twain

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

— William Feather

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

— Anonymous

I believe that one should not interrupt the greatness of a woman who has everything going for herself until one is ready…

— Sherlyn Chopra

O kindle the fire of happiness ! Therein I shall see The door of friendliness, The room of greatness And the palace…

— Sri Chinmoy

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they…

— Jane Porter

When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government…

— Mark Leibovich

It is GREAT for a person to live life of his own; GREATER if he could also be out of his comfort…

— Anuj Somany

“Our world is filled with people who have only a shallow knowledge of certain skills and have remained like that for so…

— Sunday Adelaja

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

— Yvette Clarke

For you to be alive today shows that you still have a purpose in this life. So make use of it like…

— Anonymous

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

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

— Robert Cheeke

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— William Shirley

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

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Reginald Dipwipple

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

— James L. Brooks

“It doesn't take great people to do great things, just unselfish ones.”

— Odb

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

— Charles Dickens

It is to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness.

— Samuel Johnson

A man's reputation is like a tower; hard to build, easy to collapse.

— Vikrant Parsai

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left…

— Harlan Mathews

It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook.”

— F Scott Fitzgerald

Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.

— Francis Bacon

There are men who are wanting in the comparative, they as a rule are the most interesting.

— Soren Kierkegaard

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

— Okakura Kakuzo

“No matter how full one's head might be with the image of greatness, one was useless, I found out, unless one was…

— Sōseki Natsume

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— William James

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

— Jonathan Swift

“Men are so difficult - If they think you're trying to push them in a particular direction they dig in their heels…

— Lauren Henderson