Elements Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

— Frederick Douglass

A great man isn't the one who can show all his greatness, but great man is the one who can show his Humility upon…

— Anonymous

A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.

— Henry Latham Doherty

The man who has given himself to his country loves it better; the man who has fought for his friend honors him more; the…

— Richard Salter Storrs

The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere, nor that…

— Mencius

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

— Blaise Pascal

Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character…

— Swami Vivekananda

Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power. ... The great man, whether we comprehend him in the most intense…

— Martin Buber

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called…

— Fredrik Bajer

Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself…

— Maria Montessori

The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the…

— Confucius