Greatness Quotes

Innate must flow fully, freely, naturally; to, through, and into the educated brain to produce what education calls greatness.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee!

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and I chewed as fast as I could.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art.

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

Tap into that one fear that drives greatness - the fear of regret.

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

The greatest determinant of greatness is going to be our ability to collaborate with others who have pieces of the puzzle we don't.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

Philanthropy lies at the heart of human greatness.

It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

It is man's foremost duty to awaken the understanding of the inner self and to know his own real inner greatness. Once he knows his true worth, he can know the worth of others.

There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.

Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!

With eyes of faith consider the greatness of your mission and the wonderful amount of good which you can accomplish.

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.

What keeps me going is goals.

Great art is always a balancing act. But all art has both - an emotional content and an intellectual content.

When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.

Greatness and madness are next door neighbours; and they borrow each other's sugar. You don't get there without the other.

The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

Humility is the ultimate standard of greatness in the Kingdom of God.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

A person's greatness is that which makes him/her equal to others

A great man is always willing to be little.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.

The Little Man does not know that he is little, and he is afraid of knowing it. He covers up his smallness and narrowness with illusions of strength and greatness...

Spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.

Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.