Greatness Quotes

Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.

A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.

Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness.

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.

You are watching what greatness is all about.

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement.

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.'

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

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 contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

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.

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.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

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.