Greatness Quotes - Page 30

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.

Human life is precious, sublime and meaningful. But by involvement in purely worldly pursuits, the greatness of human birth is forgotten. Without human values, life is meaningless. When there is purity in thought, word and deed, human values are practised. The unity of the three H's is essential. 'Heart, Head and Hand. ' But today this unity is absent among people, with the result that men are becoming inhuman.

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

America has always been greatest when we dared to be great. We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams to distant stars, living and working in space for peaceful, economic, and scientific gain. Tonight, I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station, and to do it within a decade.

Greatness is the willingness to choose in the midst of intensity.

Do not look at your weakness or your small size; look at the Lord and His greatness that He will demonstrate through you. You now have the authority to tear down the strongholds of the enemy and to make New Zealand a fortress of righteousness.

Success comes from within, not from without.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.

Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

I am proud that for the first time in the history of Afghanistan, I am raising the flag of such a people, who are producing all material and immaterial equipment necessary for the life in this country and who make all efforts for prosperity and serendipity of the society. This glorious and magnificent red flag is the symbol of the greatness and pride of these people.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.

Men love a submissive woman, Damon said simply. Even when they say the don't. There's just something about a beautiful, soft woman looking to them to protect and take care of them that inspires a man to greatness.

The worship of safety emasculates greatness.

Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands of miles or risk all for her ego. She has an instinct for greatness --- one that I believe is found in all living creatures.

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.

Humanity is creating an extinction event that will make every war ever fought a footnote to history. We belong to the only generation in history that can turn this around - we're one step away from greatness or the biggest disaster since the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs.