Greatness Quotes · Page 147

All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches.

— Bertrand Russell

Men have a trick of coming up to what is expected of them, good or bad.

— Jacob August Riis

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.

— Anonymous

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

— Khalil Gibran

“You and I must learn and understand the value of time and how to invest it if we must achieve anything of…

— Sunday Adelaja

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

— Anonymous

In the quiet of this day may you know the greatness of your spirit and may your hopes fly on the wings…

— Mary Anne Radmacher

I am proud to offer my endorsement of Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. He is a successful executive…

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone…

— David Hume

There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that…

— Billy Graham

That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising…

— Blaise Pascal

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide…

— Laozi

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For the truth is that men do not desire to be the Common Man any more than they are the Common Man.…

— C. V. Wedgwood

Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize…

— Anonymous

What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.

— Herman Melville

No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does.

— Murray Leinster

Behind every successful man there are usually a lot of unsuccessful years.

— Anas

“Whether you are aware of it or not, your life is still disappearing. It’s pouring out, it keeps diminishing.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“The impact of your life will go beyond your imagination. Live your life to be a blessing.”

— TemitOpe Ibrahim

“The greatest thing in all the world is loving. The second greatest in all the world is learning.”

— Anonymous

“If you were called to gallop like the horse, never end up hopping like the frog. Rise up for greatness.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Inspiration doesn't respond to meeting requests. You can't schedule greatness.

— Jay Baer

A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.

— Barbara Walters

True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

— Confucius

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

— Anonymous

Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men should look at the world as if something is wrong when their voices predominate. They should feel it.

— Meryl Streep

“Time is the greatest wealth in the world and only through conversion of time can money be made.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

— Charles Rollin

I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its…

— Edwin Land

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

— Pope John Paul II

Men have always been gentlemen to me - responsible people with healthy attitudes.

— Aretha Franklin

Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing.

— Anne Desclos

Only one man has the right to boast, and that's the man who never does.

— Evan Esar

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

— Thaddeus Stevens

All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

— Blaise Pascal

By only becoming aware of Krishna's greatness we can become aware of our minuteness. That's the way to become Humble.

— Bhakti Charu Swami

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

— Lord Chesterfield