Greatness Quotes

2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors

Darwin was one of our finest specimens. He did superbly what human beings are designed to do: manipulate social information to personal advantage. The information… — Robert Wright
Only the childlike consciousness is capable of understanding all that is beautiful in life, all that is great in existence. And the whole existence is… — Rajneesh
The purpose of life is to be beautiful, to be bountiful, to be blissful, to be graceful and grateful. What a wonderful English word-grateful. If… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured,… — Alphonse de Lamartine
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man… — Alphonse de Lamartine
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of… — Adolphe Quetelet
We all felt the majesty of the body. In a very short period of time we had seen something that was bigger than each of… — William DeVries
It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness. — Edward Gardner
Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be. — Harry Lloyd
The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark. — Dave Chappelle
Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast… — Russell Conwell
The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems. — Israel Meir Kagan
It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness. — Theodore Roosevelt
To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone. — Thomas Lansing Masson
Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none — David Brainerd
Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness. — Unknown Author
Adolescents sense a secret, unique greatness in thems.elves that seeks expression. They gesture towards the heart when trying to express any of this, a significant… — Joseph Chilton Pearce
Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment. — Paul Tsongas
Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in… — Albert Camus
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline.… — Eric Burns
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… — Leonard Bishop
Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain. — Charles Fenno Hoffman
But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable.… — William Bayliss
Other things being equal, it is the person who can lift his work up to the plane of the intuitional and inspiration who achieves greatness,… — Unknown Author

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