Greatness Quotes · Page 157

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power…

— Seneca the Younger

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

— Kathleen Parker

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

— James Allen

Maybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we…

— Levon Helm

“People are more apt to respond to crisis, than to their dreams and vision. Dare not be one of them.”

— Ronald Mapamula

I know no other way to associate with great tasks than as play: as a sign of greatness, this is an essential…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Greatness is the quality of time converted into production or value”

— Sunday Adelaja

“If you really want to grow great, you need to avoid costly pleasures and preserve your future treasures.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I often speak publicly, and when I do, I also get to listen to other presenters. The most memorable are the ones…

— Lewis Howes

Measure a man by his actions fully from the beginning to the end. Don’t take a piece out of my life or…

— Tupac Shakur

What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and…

— Ludwig von Mises

Decision is often the difference between greatness and mediocrity. In every man's life there comes a time when he must search for…

— Wilferd Peterson

Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or…

— Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

“People who have become great like Benjamin Franklin only became great because they learned how to invest time into improving whatever it…

— Sunday Adelaja

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books,…

— Axel Munthe

Seeking approval of others is typically a good indication that we've been shortchanging our potential for greatness.

— Anonymous

“Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“It isn’t fair for a man that perfect to be loose among the public.”

— R.K. Lilley

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire good PR.”

— Daniel Boorstin

“Time is not rigid” It is destructible. It melts away before you know it.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Expression is saying what you wish to say, Impression is saying what others wish to hear.”

— Krishna Saagar

All men are loyal, but their objects of allegiance are at best approximate.

— John Barth

“Greatness is not greater than you. You have total control over greatness. You can decide to be great and it will happen.”

— Sunday Adelaja

May every man is not the architect of his own fortune; but every man is the architect of his own character.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

Look up with unquenchable faith in something ever more about to be. That is what any man can do, and be great.

— Anonymous

“As we all are unique, so is the greatness of each person. Only the individual knows whether he/she is fulfilled.”

— Assegid Habtewold

He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell.

— Mitch Albom

He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.

— Thomas a Kempis

A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

— Confucius

There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.

— Ayn Rand

True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.

— L. Ron Hubbard

To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.

— Thomas Lansing Masson

We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.

— John Vanbrugh

“Your ability to overcome distractions will determine how long you can stay in solitude.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

— David Hume

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

— Andrew Carnegie

You want to be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still…

— Unknow

Greatness isn't there in getting respect by force or frightening others, it's in achieving it straight from the other's heart.

— Senora Roy