Quotes about greatness
greatness soul ornaments
Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible without moral nobility. Aristotle
greatness men soul
And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the more he deserves, and he that is best deserves most. Therefore the truly great-souled man must be a good man. Indeed greatness in each of the virtues would seem to go with greatness of soul.
greatness thinking luxury
Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or power or victories in contests, and to possess a certain depth and magnitude of spirit.
greatness practice one-day
Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness Ben Hogan
greatness mind noble
It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns. Ben Jonson
greatness
For he that once is good, is ever great.
greatness men intuition
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. Alexis Carrel
greatness justice states
A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty. Alexis de Tocqueville
greatness needs imports
You do not need to import greatness from another; you just need to act on your own. Alan Cohen
greatness treasure turns
To seek greatness outside yourself is turn your back on the treasure within.
greatness doors difficulty
The difficulties of life do not keep you from greatness. They show you to its door.
greatness peers perceive
You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own.
greatness artist world
The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy. Aldous Huxley
greatness envy reverence
Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness. Albert Pike
greatness together world
Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world! Alexander Hamilton
greatness tasks comedy
I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me. Adolf Hitler
greatness europe two
Under the guidance of the Reich, Europe would speedily have become unified. Once the Jewish poison had been eradicated, unification would have been an easy matter. France and Italy, each defeated in turn at an interval of a few months by the two Germanic Powers, would have been well out of it. Both would have had to renounce their inappropriate aspirations to greatness. At the same time they would have had to renounce their pretensions in North Africa and the Near East; and that would have allowed Europe to pursue a bold policy of friendship towards Islam. (4th February 1945)
greatness people forever
The German countryside must be preserved under all circumstances, for it is and has forever been the source of strength and greatness of our people.
greatness desert world
The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world. Alexander Smith
greatness artist individuality
The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself.
greatness levels expecting
I know I'm capable of greatness, and I'm expecting to reach that level. Aaron Rodgers
greatness secret balance
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. A. S. Byatt
greatness ancient upstart
Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness. Adam Smith
greatness age poverty
That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is most often unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages.
greatness men prophet
A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought. Abraham Joshua Heschel
greatness doubt when-in-doubt
When in doubt, choose greatness. Cyril Connolly
greatness records opinion
It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense. Eamon de Valera
greatness two world
I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others. David Benioff
greatness class creating
Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged. Darrell Issa
greatness determined life-is
The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness. Daisaku Ikeda
greatness life-is capable
Every life is capable of greatness. Condoleezza Rice
greatness known
Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought. Cleopatra
greatness training
Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive. Dan Gable