Greatness Quotes · Page 145

Every person seems to acknowledge his greatness. He blends together the profound politician with the scholar.

— William Pierce

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato

“If you really one to become great, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I think what's good is that men are now realizing that life is not a buffet where you just get to pick…

— Phoebe Robinson

The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.

— Walter Russell

Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.

— Marianne Williamson

Principles must conquer in the long run, for that is the manhood of man.

— Swami Vivekananda

Thinkers too often disparage men of action in ways that do them no credit.

— Michael Ignatieff

Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character,…

— Arthur Helps

“The Talmud states, "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly…

— Bridges McCall

“Behind closed doors, good men are often more mischievous and exasperating than the truly bad ones. The difference is they're naughty because…

— Kieran Kramer

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It…

— Dwight L. Moody

Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness,…

— Anonymous

America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous,…

— William J. Clinton

Each man has to work out his own understanding of what needs to be done, and then prepare himself to take advantage…

— George S. Clason

“..if I dont do something on the grand scale, it is that my genius is altogether imitative, and that I have nor…

— Henry James

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

— Confucius

“Everyone dreams of greatness and expects it to happen in the future automatically.”

— Sunday Adelaja

American greatness can be further unlocked if opportunity is expanded to all people within its borders.

— Matthew Desmond

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.

— Walter Lippmann

“For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Men like that - when they know they won't be found out - they will do anything.

— Michelle Paver

“Whenever you make up your mind to go into solitude, you must decide first of all what you want to go and…

— Sunday Adelaja

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can…

— Will Durant

We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man.

— Errico Malatesta

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

— Voltaire

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

— George Santayana

What every college must do is hold up before the young the spectacle of greatness.

— Henry Steele Commager

Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

The world is full of judgment-days, and into every assembly that a man enters, in every action he attempts, he is gauged…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.

— Anonymous

No truth appears to me more evident than that beasts are endowed with thought and reason as well as men.

— David Hume

“You can really never give birth to anything in this world without solitude. Everything precious comes out of solitude.”

— Sunday Adelaja

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.

— Thomas Paine

There is no easy way to greatness in any venue. But if you work hard, good things will inevitably happen to you.

— Howie Long

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

— Jonathan Swift

Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.

— Horace

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the…

— Anonymous

“The world only gives money to those who have converted their time into products.”

— Sunday Adelaja