True Greatness Quotes

43 quotes by 38 authors

False greatness is unsociable and remote: conscious of its own frailty, it hides, or at least averts its face, and reveals itself only enough to… — Jean de la Bruyere
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. — Seneca the Younger
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has… — Phillips Brooks
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter. — Richard Hamming
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs… — Charles Simmons
In art, and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavor. There is no true greatness in… — Albert Einstein
If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from… — Rod Hundley
A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great… — Calvin Coolidge
To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone. — Thomas Lansing Masson
True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time. — Howard W. Hunter
A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on… — Marcus Aurelius
True greatness, first of all, is a thing of the heart. It is alive with robust and generous sympathies. It is neither behind its age… — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual. — Charles Sumner
Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be honest… — Grenville Kleiser
True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against oneâ€”and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them. — L. Ron Hubbard
True greatness consists in being great in little things. — Charles Simmons
True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always… — Josei Toda
True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of… — James Anthony Froude
True artists pursue greatness in craft in order to give the Lord the best fruit of the talent He has given them, not to build… — Charlie Peacock
He is the way, the truth, and the light, and no one can come back into the presence of our Father in heaven except through… — Ezra Taft Benson

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