Greatness Quotes · Page 125

I think greatness is found within mundanity, those boring little ticks throughout the day.

— Caeleb Dressel

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no man that can teach us to be gentlemen better than Joseph Addison.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Males lack the seriousness of temperament required of persons with such great responsibilities.”

— Ransom Riggs

To the man whose senses are alive and alert there is not even the need to stir from one's threshold.

— Henry Miller

In sports and journeys men are knowne. [In sports and journeys men are known.]

— George Herbert

The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing.

— Joshua L. Goldberg

“In order to become great, one must understand the secret of time conversion.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and…

— Blaise Pascal

Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real…

— Anonymous

Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at…

— Charles Simmons

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and…

— Walter Lippmann

“A good man will expend any amount of energy to properly accomplish a task, only for the simple pleasure of putting his…

— Johnny Flora

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the…

— John Moody

“A great person or thing does not gain even a fraction of a single degree of greatness, when complimented; or lose it,…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself."   - Epictetus”

— Dennis Crosby

“Motivating others leads to success whereas inspiring others leads to greatness.”

— Ken Poirot

He's no hero, he's a self-centered lout, who puts his own ego ahead of those that depend on him.

— Shifu

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

— Walter Savage Landor

In the morning; The greatness of The mind and The goodness of The heart is ... Inseparable.

— Pacifiersucker

“You too can buy greatness by converting your time into greatness through hard work.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“By not stepping into your greatness, you are letting down everyone around you whom you can inspire, touch, or influence.”

— Amber Hurdle

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

— Marcus Aurelius

The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.

— Orison Swett Marden

Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]

— Tacitus

Men take the oddest satisfaction in feeling superior without knowing that most of the time they are being utterly predictable.

— Paulo Coelho

Even if you're the greatest of all time, people are not just going to give it to you. It's a great lesson.

— Eugenie Bouchard

“The others ignored him, busy doing what men generally do in dangerous times: putting on their trousers.”

— Eoin Colfer

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.

— Marcus Aurelius

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

— Petronius

I think it's important, no matter your profession, to never become complacent and always strive for greatness.

— Jason McCourty

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

— Thomas Paine

“Success is personal ownership of the dream, and responsibility for its desired outcome.”

— Johnnie Dent Jr

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Influence: It takes an influential leader to excellently raise up leaders of influence.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

A guy who is walking out of his crease purposefully because he wants to take advantage is wrong.

— Brian Lara

“the measure of a man is how he treats the women in his family.” His wisdom came from experience,”

— J.D. Vance

“What you do with your time today will happen in an irreversible progression”

— Sunday Adelaja

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

— Stanley Milgram

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

— Ben Johnson