Greatness Quotes · Page 176

“Your life was meant to be used to fulfill your purpose and destiny.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“The mind may never achieve or express anything great unless emotion plays a part.”

— Ben Johnson

It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself…

— Stanley Milgram

A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.

— Daniel Webster

“Good men's actions are natural While a scoundrel's charity Is carefully planned to please.”

— Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri

Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.

— Thomas Otway

Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men should look at the world as if something is wrong when their voices predominate. They should feel it.

— Meryl Streep

The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the…

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would…

— Joseph Addison

You have seeds of greatness in you. Let them flourish into kind and love actions to share with the world. Do always…

— Nate

Maybe if they didnt tense up, always need to be competitive, always need to be in charge, always need to be the…

— Grayson Perry

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

When you look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren, when you picture their greatness and potential, do you feel that…

— Oliver DeMille

One of the most disruptive forces in the Church is arrogance. It is natural for people to bring their pride to Church,…

— Dan Schilling

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how…

— Blaise Pascal

I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its…

— Edwin Land

“Time is the greatest wealth in the world and only through conversion of time can money be made.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

— Charles Rollin

Inspiration doesn't respond to meeting requests. You can't schedule greatness.

— Jay Baer

A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.

— Barbara Walters

“The greatest thing in all the world is loving. The second greatest in all the world is learning.”

— Anonymous

“If you were called to gallop like the horse, never end up hopping like the frog. Rise up for greatness.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

— Confucius

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

— Anonymous

“Greatness must be measured by the transfer of success to future generations”

— Mlungisi Simelane

Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.

— Andy Andrews

“The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag. - The Greatness of Saturn”

— Robert Svoboda

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)

— Sabrina Jeffries

Every man has a pattern - I don't care what they say. They don't like to admit it, but they do.

— Shaunie O'Neal

So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.

— Thucydides

He indeed possesses the Character imposed on him, but he wanders as a renegade.

— Saint Augustine

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.

— Ben Bernanke

All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.

— Sheri S. Tepper

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

— Thaddeus Stevens

Only one man has the right to boast, and that's the man who never does.

— Evan Esar

Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing.

— Anne Desclos

Men have always been gentlemen to me - responsible people with healthy attitudes.

— Aretha Franklin

By only becoming aware of Krishna's greatness we can become aware of our minuteness. That's the way to become Humble.

— Bhakti Charu Swami

All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

— Blaise Pascal