--- title: "9 Greatest Events Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Greatest Events quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Greatest Events sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/ezra-taft-benson-443_affect_the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those_2191228.png" --- > [The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those-which-affect-the-greatest/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/ezra-taft-benson-443_affect_the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those_2191228.png) > [The greatest events-they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-loudest-but-our-stillest-hours/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/friedrich-nietzsche-15_events_the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-lou_1240408.jpg) > [The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-nestell-bovee/the-greatest-events-of-an-age-are-its-best-thoughts-thought-finds-its/) [Christian Nestell Bovee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-nestell-bovee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_action_the-greatest-events-of-an-age-are-its-be_299397.png) > [“in accordance with the primitive arrangement of things, the most trifling causes produce the greatest events, and the grandest undertakings end in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-gogol/in-accordance-with-the-primitive-arrangement-of-things-the-most/) [Nikolai Gogol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-gogol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/nikolai-gogol-2690_quote_in-accordance-with-the-primitive-arrange_2208709.jpg) > [From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/from-triumph-to-downfall-there-is-but-one-step-i-have-noted-that-in/) [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/napoleon-bonaparte-206_downfall_from-triumph-to-downfall-there-is-but-on_3180782.jpg) > [“The greatest events- they are not noisiest but our stillest hours. The world revolves, not around the inventors of new noises, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-greatest-events-they-are-not-noisiest-but-our-stillest-hours-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/friedrich-nietzsche-15_revolves_the-greatest-events-they-are-not-noisies_221489.jpg) > [“the greatest events – they are not our loudest but our stillest hours. Not around the inventors of new noise, but around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neitzsche/the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-loudest-but-our-stillest-hours-2/) [Neitzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neitzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/neitzsche-85354_quote_the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-lou_2176052.jpg) > [The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-c-lichtenberg/the-greatest-events-occur-without-intention-playing-any-part-in-them/) [Georg C. Lichtenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-c-lichtenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/georg-c-lichtenberg-1087_chance_the-greatest-events-occur-without-intent_1337060.png) > [“Sometimes an event happens that is so great the world is never the same again after it. In the twentieth century one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-deary/sometimes-an-event-happens-that-is-so-great-the-world-is-never-the/) [Terry Deary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-deary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/terry-deary-42832_history_sometimes-an-event-happens-that-is-so-gr_106500.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-events/#itemlist", "name": "Greatest Events Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ezra Taft Benson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those-which-affect-the-greatest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/ezra-taft-benson-443_affect_the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those_2191228.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/ezra-taft-benson-443_affect_the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those_2191228.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/ezra-taft-benson-443_affect_the-greatest-events-of-history-are-those_2191228.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.” — Ezra Taft Benson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest events-they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Friedrich Nietzsche" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-loudest-but-our-stillest-hours/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/friedrich-nietzsche-15_events_the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-lou_1240408.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/friedrich-nietzsche-15_events_the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-lou_1240408.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/friedrich-nietzsche-15_events_the-greatest-events-they-are-not-our-lou_1240408.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest events-they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.” — Friedrich Nietzsche", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. 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