Greatness Quotes

2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors

O kindle the fire of happiness ! Therein I shall see The door of friendliness, The room of greatness And the palace of godness. I… — Sri Chinmoy
The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. — Adolf Hitler
...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself. — William Hazlitt
No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. — William Hazlitt
You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Take risks that could result in Greatness! Wayne Gretsky said, "You miss 100% of the shots you never take." — Robert Cheeke
Celebrate each accomplishment on your way to reaching your goal. Each challenge conquered whether large or small is a positive step to greatness. — Robert Cheeke
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as… — Zhuangzi
Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy;… — Laozi
The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work, yet it makes… — Laozi
I believe in the greatness of our democracy. — Chen Shui-bian
For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is… — Leo Tolstoy
It's good to be successful and have financial status but if you're only gonna live for the money, you're only gonna reach a certain status… — Mike Tyson
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. — Eric Burns
It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had - to… — Barack Obama
Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also depended on our… — Barack Obama
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for… — Calvin Coolidge
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up. Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark… — Jesse Jackson
In private places, among sordid objects, an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness. — James C. Collins
This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or that it will be the first to have… — Richard St. Barbe Baker
Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of… — Ulysses S. Grant
So what will define greatness for your generation? I believe it is to use the knowledge that you have earned here to find ways, not… — Carly Fiorina
Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest… — Henri Nouwen

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