Greatness Quotes - Page 4

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion.

America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life.

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.

He who Serves his fellows is, of all his fellows, greatest

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Some people chase money. Some people chase fame. Some chase greatness - and that's what I'm trying to do.

Every life is capable of greatness.

Take a look people, take a good look at greatness!

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it—all idealism is mendaciousness in the face of what is necessary—but love it

True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

When your silent, people recognize your greatness.

Top to bottom Michigan is about excellence, greatness. You have my pledge I will carry forward the excellence of Michigan football.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.