Greatness Quotes

2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors

There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the… — Billy Graham
Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and… — Camille Paglia
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which… — Plato
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
Even at your best, someone will have something negative to say. Pursue Greatness anyways! — Tony Gaskins
It's the little things that you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do… — Bob Proctor
The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be. — Socrates
There is no greatness without taking risks. — Suzanne Yoculan
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. — Publilius Syrus
I do not believe great organizations have ever been built by trying to emulate another, any more than individual greatness is achieved by trying to… — Peter Senge
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. — Hafez
Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. — Hafez
Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces. — Allegra Goodman
When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness. — Dale Archer
When was the last time you heard an insightful, inspiring piece of oratory from an Australian political leader, an appeal to what is pure and… — Michael Short
Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on 'blood' called for… — Unknown Author
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. — R. J. Palacio
Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness. — Athenaeus
My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness… — Jim Ramstad
Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the… — Joseph Conrad
It is the law of our humanity that man must know good through evil. No great principle ever triumphed but through much evil. No man… — Frederick William Robertson
All human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.… — Pope John Paul II
Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and… — Debbie Stabenow
Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need to stage wars to get ordinary people to march in lockstep like mindless Nazi robots. That is… — Michael A. Ledeen
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to illustrate its greatness,… — George Sarton

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