Quotes about greatness
greatness ability humans
The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship. Walter Russell
greatness men hazards
A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it. Walter Savage Landor
greatness men littles
Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.
greatness men pay
Great men always pay deference to greater.
greatness
Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.
greatness law bird
It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller.
greatness path virtue
The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace. Walter Scott
greatness men good-times
Great and good are seldom the same man. Winston Churchill
greatness men calling
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. William J. H. Boetcker
greatness trying doe
Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that he is greatest who does the most of good. Nearly all of our controversies and combats grow out of the fact that we are trying to get something from each other--there will be peace when our aim is to do something for each other. The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow--its contribution to the welfare of all. William Jennings Bryan
greatness hunches mets
Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met. William Saroyan
greatness america citizens
America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential. William J. Clinton
greatness distinction expenses
Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside. William Gilmore Simms
greatness men careers
The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race. Samuel Smiles
greatness years america
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best." Ronald Reagan
greatness healthy arrogance
The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy. Saint Augustine
greatness thinking opposites
The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness whereas certain contemporary Americans indubitably are. Their critics often advance the exact opposite: British fiction is cool, American naff. Will Self
greatness humans greater
It's great to be great, but its greater to be human. Will Rogers
greatness saving-money ifs
If you cannot save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you. W. Clement Stone
greatness rumor use
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. W. C. Fields
greatness men tao
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent. Zhuangzi
greatness achievement black-history
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. Yvette Clarke
greatness people challenges
My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera. Yousuf Karsh
greatness years careers
Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend. Yolanda Adams
greatness dignity
No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. William Hazlitt
greatness dignity shrinks
...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.
greatness fame popularity
Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.
greatness men way
Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.
greatness men people
Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps.
greatness ideas mind
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.
greatness men pieces
The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you. W. Somerset Maugham
greatness men quality
She could not admit but that he had remarkable qualities, sometimes she thought that there was even in him a strange and unattractive greatness; it was curious then that she could not love him, but loved still a man whose worthlessness was now so clear to her.
greatness disagree disagreeable
You can disagree without being disagreeable. Zig Ziglar