Greatness Quotes

2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship. — Thomas Carlyle
All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. — James F. Cooper
To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love. — Timothy Keller
The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. — W. Somerset Maugham
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. — Charles Caleb Colton
Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? — Thomas a Kempis
True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth. — Ben Jonson
Great men too make mistakes, and many among them do it so often that one is almost tempted to call them little men. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character. — George Santayana
There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and… — Margot Asquith
Desire of greatness is a godlike sin. — John Dryden
To know the great men dead is compensation for having to live with the mediocre. — Elbert Hubbard
Great offices will have great talents. — William Cowper
Greatness brings no profit to people. God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to great mens houses. — Euripides
Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes. — Euripides
...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity. — Thomas Paine
Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for. — Walter Savage Landor
I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than… — Jimmy Carter
There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest is… — Simone Weil
All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer, its… — Margaret Fuller
Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by… — Max Beerbohm
A certain excessiveness seems a necessary element in all greatness. — Harvey Cushing
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any. — Igor Stravinsky

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