Quotes about greatness
greatness men class
When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with him. In some other and quite different field, the next man will appear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
greatness law strive
Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature.
greatness men want
I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.' Shaquille O'Neal
greatness faces action
True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them. L. Ron Hubbard
greatness civilization library
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. Lawrence Clark Powell
greatness men feet
The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes. Stephen Leacock
greatness rereading
Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great. Stephen Vizinczey
greatness people disrespect
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves. Marcus Garvey
greatness racism black
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
greatness men esteem
Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? Thomas a Kempis
greatness safety steps
We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?
greatness doors unhappy
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
greatness mosaics diverse
The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse. Sheila Jackson Lee
greatness views mind
Original details are very ordinary, except to the mind that sees extraordinariness. it's not that we need to go to the Hopi mesas to see greatness; we need to view what we already have in a different way. Natalie Goldberg
greatness
Greatness comes with patience. Suzy Kassem
greatness people leader
Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness. Ron Fournier
greatness people leader
Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything. Steve Wozniak
greatness achieve interest
We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. Thomas Merton
greatness
We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of greatness. Thomas Carlyle
greatness littles unconscious
All greatness is unconscious, or it is little and naught.
greatness men reality
Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.
greatness dust umpires
We are to remember what an umpire Nature is; what a greatness, composure of depth and tolerance there is in her. You take wheat to cast into the Earth's bosom; your wheat may be mixed with chaff, chopped straw, barn-sweepings, dust and all imaginable rubbish; no matter: you cast it into the kind just Earth; she grows the wheat, - the whole rubbish she silently absorbs, shrouds it in, says nothing of the rubbish.
greatness men history
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
greatness matter talent
Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do. Spike Lee
greatness men facts
It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no better than we, and has in fact come nearer to us as a human being. Sigmund Freud
greatness sage done
Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be done while they are easy, the greatest things in the world must be done while they are still small. For this reason sages never do what is great, and this is why they achieve greatness. Sun Tzu
greatness intensity midst
Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity. Ricky Williams
greatness names letters
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter. Richard Hamming
greatness contagious ifs
Greatness is contagious...You'll catch it if you get around it. T. D. Jakes
greatness shining care
If you're gifted enough, nappy hair, gap teeth, acne face - I don't care what it is, greatness will shine through anything!
greatness coats snickers
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid. T. S. Eliot
greatness literature determined
The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.
greatness certain source
Americans live with the certain knowledge that the source of their greatness has not yet been released. Ralph Steadman