Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kim Campbell

We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen.

Kathleen Parker

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

Karl Pearson

All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries.

Karl Marx

A commodity has a value because it is a crystallization of social labor. The greatness of its value, or its relative value, depends upon the greater or less amount of that social substance contained in it; that is to say, on the relative mass of labor necessary for its production.

Gordon B. Hinckley

The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.

Giuseppe Mazzini

The great men of the earth are but the marking-stones on the road of humanity; they are the priests of its religion.

Herman Melville

Failure is the test of greatness.

Herman Melville

Failure is the true test of greatness

Herman Melville

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.

Henry David Thoreau

The great poem must have the stamp of greatness as well as its essence.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

Jillian Michaels

Many are so preoccupied with what others think it defines their existence. When we fixate externally, it keeps us from truly knowing ourselves and our destiny. Most [people] fear looking inward for worry they won't find greatness, but when you stop allowing others to define your worth, you'll see—greatness exists in us all, waiting to be
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Jerry Falwell

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.

Jeremy Brett

The most important thing when you're working with greatness is to learn from it, not challenge it.

Jean Rostand

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Jean de La Fontaine

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Jesse Jackson

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Jean Ingelow

Reign, and keep life in this our deep desireOur only greatness is that we aspire.

James C. Collins

The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.

James C. Collins

Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.

James C. Collins

Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness.

James C. Collins

Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.

James C. Collins

A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.

Gary Bauer

Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

Georges Bernanos

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it.

George Whitefield

You need not fear the greatness or number of your sins.

Jim Harbaugh

There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

Jason Mraz

Sometimes people forget their own greatness.

Hillary Clinton

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

Herbert Hoover

The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own - our American system.

Ernst Fischer

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

Harpo Marx

The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does.