Greatness Quotes

2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors

The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard. — Andre Gide
Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age. — Alfred de Vigny
The stem of greatness sprouts from the seed of sacrifice. — Kedar Joshi
An unbending and absolute acceptance of any idea is a sure sign of a small mind, no matter the greatness of intellect possesed by the… — Derek R. Audette
I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on… — John Woolman
Your national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons… — Frederick Douglass
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. — Charles de Gaulle
Do you realize the unimaginable greatness, the holiness of what you so casually call 'consciousness'? It is the unmanifest Absolute aware of its awareness through… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms. — William J. Clinton
Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have… — Henri Nouwen
God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts. — Mahatma Gandhi
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead. — Horace
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Great art... is the result of the labours of thousands of faithful craftsmen who know that they are doomed to remain for ever outside the… — Hendrik Willem van Loon
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts. — Luc de Clapiers
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets. — Jean de la Bruyere
I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.. I live in 1924, and the Christian venture is done. — D. H. Lawrence
One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul. . Alone in all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding the secret to another soul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience. — Saadi
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. — Isaac D'Israeli
No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape; back- wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong Can tie the gall up… — William Shakespeare
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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