Greatness Quotes

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. Helen Keller

If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you. T. Alan Armstrong

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment. Elbert Green Hubbard

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting. Napoleon Bonaparte

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. William F. Halsey

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. Marleen Charles de Montesquieu

Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down. Hitopadesa

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

If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill. Theodore Roosevelt

The greatest man in history was the poorest. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. Mencius

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity. Buck Rodgers

Some things have not changed since the dawn of history, and bid fair to last out time itself. One of these things is the capacity for greatness in man-his capacity for being often the master of the event -and sometimes even more-the changer of the course of history itself. This capacity for greatness is a very precious gift, and we are under a danger in our day of stifling it. Dr. William Clyde de Vane

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. Henri Frederic Amiel

To be simple is to be great. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There would be no great ones if there were no little ones.George Herber

Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare

Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. John Ruskin

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. Arthur Schopenhauer

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness. George Bernard Shaw

The price of greatness is responsibility. Sir Winston Churchill

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. Lou Holtz

A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Greatness after all, ion spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small. Phillips Brooks

No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe. Harry Gray

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions. Benjamin Disreali

The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other. Orison Swett Marden

To achieve great things we must live as if we were never going to die. Marquis de Vauvenargues

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness. Zadok Rabinwitz

Let us consider the nature of true greatness in men. The people who can catch hold of men's minds and feelings and inspire them to do things bigger than themselves are the people who are remembered in history. . . . those who stir feelings and imagination and make men struggle toward perfection. Henry Eyring

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Blaise Pascal

Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs. Sherman Finesilver

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. Henry Ward Beecher