Greatness Quotes

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer.

Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love.

You see, greatness for a state doesn't require some huge monument for all to see. It is not a journey to a particular destination - but a commitment to follow a course of constant and never-ending improvement.

America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.

I continue to have a special pride and passion for AOL, and I strongly believe that AOL - once the leading Internet company in the world - can return to its past greatness.

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

France cannot be France without greatness.

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.