Greatness Quotes · Page 136

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

— Richard Savage

It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.

— Edward Gardner

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

— Muhammad Ali

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

— Jon Meacham

“Then the great hour struck, and every man showed himself in his true colors.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried.”

— Harper Lee

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

— Aristotle

Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW.

— Napoleon Hill

“The pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of greatness, whether by a man or a nation, leads to ruin….…

— John Kramer

“Solitude is the measure through which you could concentrate on using your time. It is through solitude that you can convert your…

— Sunday Adelaja

Franklin Delano Roosevelt eventually became the greatest liberal leader of 20th century United States, but he started as a fiscal conservative. His…

— Abhijit Banerjee

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer…

— Elton Gallegly

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can notbe great. Failure is the true test of greatness. And if it be…

— Herman Melville

Sacrifice is greater than love; Character is greater than beauty; Humanity is greater than wealth; But nothing is greater than a sincere…

— Anonymous

“Life ups the self-esteem of a low-paid man by giving him things that the high-paid man that he envies cannot buy (intellect,…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The greatest love you have is to Love yourself, Because you cannot be rejected . . . Rather than Loving someone that…

— Nicolas Delacruz

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

— Marianne Williamson

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

— Thomas Carlyle

There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.

— Greg Schiano

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

— Walter Lippmann

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

— Albert Camus

Fear and doubts paralyze the mind. Faith and courage empowers you for greatness.

— Ore Abayomi

You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter

— Tacitus

“If you, therefore, must be numbered among the great, you too must run for your life.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him…

— William Faulkner

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.

— Ronald Reagan

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

— James Thurber

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

— Charles Dickens

There is no defense against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness.

— Joseph Addison

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

— Anonymous

“Virtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary.”

— Adam Smith

The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.

— Thomas Jefferson

“You can become anything that you want to be but the goal is for you to become your best self.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.

— William Wordsworth

It is motive alone that gives real value to the actions of men, and disinterestedness puts the cap to it.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

— Albert Camus

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

— Michel de Montaigne

He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.

— Joseph Addison