Greatness Quotes · Page 146

Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows, or any one of them.

— Herman Melville

Great moments make great memories; so be you, be great and make great memorable moments.

— Ricardo Housham

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.

— John Webster

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

— Roy Blount, Jr

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

— John Updike

Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The growth of our nation and all its activities are in the hands of a few men.

— Woodrow Wilson

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

— Herbert Read

“To be great is not to be placed above humanity, ruling others; but to stand above the partialities and futilities of uninformed…

— Will Durant

“You were given your life to make it a solution to the problems of the world but it is only through time…

— Sunday Adelaja

Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because…

— Robin Sharma

But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and…

— Anonymous

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive…

— Martin Van Buren

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come…

— Anonymous

For greatness is only the drayhorse that coaxes The built cart out; and where we go is reason. But genius is an…

— Kenneth Patchen

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must…

— Winston Churchill

Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular

— Anonymous

“Those who have become great have only discovered something that the rest of the world has not discovered.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever.

— George Sisler

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Don't wait to be great to start doing great things. You become great by doing great things.

— Terry Mark

“The fact that some men (and their families) behave decently does not negate the unequal power structure.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

— Lionel Richie

“When people ask me how come I have written over three hundred books my response to them is take advantage of time.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Men, in general, are not this or that, they are what they are made to be.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Life is a race. You are racing against time. Your life is such that you are running a race against a diminishing…

— Sunday Adelaja

All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.

— Margaret Fuller

That's what I'm trying to manifest, greatness within myself, no matter who they put in the ring.

— Keith Thurman

“Knowledge is learning the rules; Wisdom is knowing when to break them.”

— Anamikos

Expecting your man to do something out of this world is sometimes a root cause of problems.

— Mazher

The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

— Confucius

“Life entertains humble men by giving men with below average looks (intellect, knowledge, etc.) an above average self-esteem.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most people do not know how to exchange their lives for external treasures.”

— Sunday Adelaja

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity…

— Friedrich Schiller

A lot can be written and said about Ambassador Dan Rooney, his greatness, all of which I'm sure is true.

— Mike Tomlin

I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand

— Greg Louganis

Greatness, once fallen out with fortune, must fall out with men too.

— William Shakespeare

“Greatness is sifted through the grind, therefore don't despise the hard work now for surely it will be worth it in the…

— Sanjo Jendayi

Spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. I will not budge for no man's pleasure.

— William Shakespeare