Quotes on Greatness

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Beauty without expression is boring.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

SYCOPHANT- One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor.

To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look into the future, I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women.

Being a true bad ass has no weight or gender requirement - just 100% commitment to greatness.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

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

He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we can't make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning -- much less set strategy for a company or for a human life. Nothing is more practical than for people to deepen themselves. The more you understand the human condition, the more effective you are as a businessperson. Human depth makes business sense.

Service to others leads to greatness.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.