Quotes about Greatness

19 quotes about Greatness

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

Quote by Joseph Addison about greatness

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great...

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

Quote by Aristotel about greatness

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an...

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

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about greatness

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be...

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way animals are treated.

Quote by Mahatma Gandhi about greatness

A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of...

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

Quote by Rudolf Otto about greatness

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change, and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

Quote by Camille Paglia about greatness

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about greatness

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to...

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about greatness

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than...

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

Quote by Sonny Perdue about greatness

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about greatness

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.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about greatness

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Quote by Charles de Gaulle about greatness

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about greatness

One moment of love worths more than a life of greatness.

One moment of love worths more than a life of greatness.

Quote by Mihail Sadoveanu about greatness

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

Quote by Stanis³aw Lem about greatness

It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are...

It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent.

Quote by Italo Svevo about greatness

Only the one who has known humility and will know...

Only the one who has known humility and will know greatness, too.

Quote by Marius Torok about greatness

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men...

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideas and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.

Quote by Albert Camus about greatness

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, ...

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

Quote by Lev Nicolai Tolstoi about greatness

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