Greatness Quotes · Page 139

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The designs of men are notoriously subservient to happenstance, hesitation, and haste; but”

— Amor Towles

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

— Philip Neri

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Men should be what they seem; Or those that be not, would they might seem none!.

— William Shakespeare

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

— Khalil Gibran

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.

— Propertius

Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out of the…

— Jonathan Swift

“but greatness is in the act of creation and not necessarily in the finished product. Creating is the yin to the yang…

— Kevin Hearne

“And here’s another order. From this day forth, you will not call yourself a craven. You’ve faced more things this past year…

— George R.R. Martin

Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing…

— Allegra Goodman

“It is rather your limitation that decides to what extent of greatness and to what height you are going to arise in…

— Sunday Adelaja

The Little Man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it. He covers up his smallness…

— Wilhelm Reich

All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise…

— J. G. Holland

No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last.

— Abel Stevens

“A woman that is patient has the ability to endure provocation, pain, annoyance etc, with much calm and strength.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

— Andrew Carnegie

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

— Mike Singletary

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

— Anonymous

Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man; but it is the enemy of greatness

— Garrison Wynn

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able…

— Joseph Joubert

When it comes to men, deal with them as they are, not how you’d like them to be.

— Anonymous

Unmarried men are best friends ,best masters,best servants but not always best subjects

— RMKATTA

That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.

— Horace

“It is unpardonable for you to leave this world without recording some greatness in your account.”

— Sunday Adelaja

One is too small a number to achieve greatness. No accomplishment of real value has ever been achieved by a human being…

— John C. Maxwell

The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least…

— John Tillotson

When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.

— Seth

“Ordinary men earns responsibility towards their family, extraordinary men earns duty towards their nation.”

— Amit Kalantri

A great man may be the personification and type of the epoch for which God destines him, but he is never its…

— Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

“The more you express your skills, the more experienced you become and the closer you get to excellence.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“For Art alone is great: The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate.”

— Théophile Gautier

Don't wait for the world to recognize your greatness, live it and let the world catch up to you.

— Anonymous

“You must be intentional and decisive about what you want to achieve during your solitude time.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“In life, everyone must decide in what area of life he or she wants to be great.”

— Sunday Adelaja

If a man is not to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves to him, what is he to do, or…

— Joseph Lister

Every man has two personalities; the one he reveals to women, the other to men.

— Minna Antrim

“every man is responsible for his own actions and the consequences or rewards they may bring.”

— Joshua Dalzelle