Quotes about greatness

"Nobody's ever the greatest anything."

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"The first step toward greatness is to be honest."

Proverb on greatness
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"The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death."

Renan, Ernest on greatness   

"Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness."

Rostand, Jean on greatness   

"Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on greatness   

"A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort."

Ruskin, John on greatness   

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

Schopenhauer, Arthur on greatness
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"It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god."

Seneca on greatness   

"He is not great who is not greatly good."

Shakespeare, William on greatness
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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. [Twelfth Night]"

Shakespeare, William on greatness
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"In my stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness ;thrust upon em."

Shakespeare, William on greatness
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"The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power."

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

Shakespeare, William on greatness
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"Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time."

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"I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning."

Swift, Jonathan on greatness   

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

Syrus, Publilius on greatness   

"In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer --the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power."

Taylor, A. J. P. on greatness   

"In historic events, the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event itself. Every act of theirs, which appears to them an act of their own will, is in an historical sense involuntary and is related to the whole course of history and predestined from eternity."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on greatness   

"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on greatness
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"Being too good is apt to be uninteresting."

Truman, Harry S 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."

Truman, Harry S on greatness   

"It is not difficult to get away into retirement; and there live upon your own convictions; nor is it difficult to mix with men and follow their convictions; but to enter into the world; and there live firmly and fearlessly according to your own conscience; that is Christian greatness."

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"If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts."

Unknown, Source on greatness   

"It is necessary to be slightly under employed if you are to do something significant."

Watson, James on greatness   

"All my life I have always known I was born to greatness."

Winfrey, Oprah on greatness   

"A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it."

Young, Brigham on greatness   

"None think the great unhappy, but the great."

Young, Edward on greatness   

"Selflessness = Greatness"

Ogunlela Olu on greatness   

"Do not despise the bottom rings in your ascent to greatness. "

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"Greatness is measured by how much you do for others, not how much you can get others to do for you!"

Pinckney, Patrick on greatness   

"Every great dream begin with a DREAMER.... "

Dr Sawlang Borsingh Wann on greatness