Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Arthur C. Clarke
H. G. Wells
Emily Dickinson
Jack Kerouac
Walter Scott
Zhuangzi
All authors
Today's birthdays
1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre
1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr
1983 - Edward Snowden
1953 - Benazir Bhutto
1912 - Mary McCarthy
1926 - Conrad Hall
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Architect
President
Businessman
Celebrity
Businesswoman
Philosopher
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Quote Topics
Greatness Quotes
Greatness Quotes
If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.
Theodore C. Sorensen
Eyes
Country
Our
Restore
Voices
Self-Deception
Self-Denial
Loosen
Greatness
Gag
Tear
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
Abu Bakr
God
Faith
Fear
Contentment
Humility
Honour
Greatness
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Become
Matters
Minds
Those
Small
Generally
Occupy
Greatness
Incapable
Who
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Great
Mind
Sign
Great Mind
Excess
Greatness
Prefer
Dislike
Measure
Things
I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.
Michael Jordan
Believe
Changes
Evolutionary
Era
Greatness
Process
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.
Phillips Brooks
Life
God
People
Degree
Some
Given
Gives
No-One
He
True
Come
True Greatness
Felt
His
Greatness
Them
Mankind
Who
Belongs
This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.
Allen West
Achievement
Opportunity
Country
Understanding
Every
About
Equal
Equal Opportunity
Versus
Greatness
America
Us
Each
I like the old school, then I add the new school, and I got a concoction of greatness. I can't miss; you can't miss with that.
Bernard Hopkins
You
School
Old
Add
Miss
Miss You
New
Like
Got
Greatness
Then
Old School
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Great
Achieve
Relations
Some
Born
Hire
Greatness
Officers
Public
Public Relations
Failure holds the seeds for greatness - so long as you water those seeds with introspection, they can be the root of your success.
Daniel Lubetzky
Success
Failure
You
Water
Long
Those
Introspection
Seeds
Greatness
Holds
Root
Your
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
Ernst Fischer
Man
Will
Become
Machines
More
More And More
Perfect
Imperfection
Clear
Greatness
Efficient
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
George Chapman
Free
Worthy
Spirits
Greatness
Height
Stretch
The great player, so much of the greatness, in my mind, is in his heart and his head. It's not in his body, in his skill set. It comes from having great talent but wanting to mold that and fit it together into being special. And being special means winning championships.
George Karl
Great
Together
Heart
Mind
Having
Winning
Great Player
Head
Talent
Great Talent
His
Fit
Greatness
Being
Wanting
Much
Skill
Body
Means
Mold
Special
Being Special
Player
Championships
Set
Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Politics
Mediocrity
Despised
Greatness
Needed
I want to go out and chase greatness. That's all I want to do.
J. J. Watt
Out
Chase
Go
Greatness
Want
I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smell up the whole place. The most impactful movies were 'Godfather II' and 'Scarface'. I loved the human complexity, and those movies are so well shot. Cinematic greatness. I really stopped going in my early twenties.
Jay-Z
Mom
Family
Smell
Cinematic
Those
Complexity
Would
Outing
Most
Well
Make
Go
Were
Up
Chicken
Greatness
Godfather
Going
Human
Stopped
Loved
Place
Theater
Movies
Shot
Really
Many
Whole
Twenties
Bring
Early
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
John Buchan
Leadership
Humanity
Put
Greatness
Task
Elicit
I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician.
Jon Meacham
Good
Poverty
Politician
Believe
Franklin
Security
Admirer
Alleviating
He
Generosity
Untold
Also
Am
Issue
Huge
Greatness
American
Done
Social
Elderly
Roosevelt
Social Security
Believed
Among
That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.
Lester Maddox
Freedom
Man
Opportunity
Think
Gives
Part
Inequality
Yes
Greatness
Sir
Discrimination
American
Breeds
Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn't allow you to achieve greatness and results. It's the day-to-day consistency of providing value to your audience.
Lewis Howes
Alone
You
People
Achieve
Consistency
Value
Having
Results
Allow
Day-To-Day
Audience
Providing
Greatness
Story
Your
Connect
Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
Lisa Murkowski
Together
Diversity
Country
Think
Our
About
Individuals
Built
How
Coming
Came
Greatness
Different
Perspectives
Different Perspectives
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Marianne Williamson
Nothing
Our
Liberates
Like
Greatness
Help
Serve
Desire
I went to the Gobi Desert, even though I had no scenes there. This is the greatness of China, the landscape, even for us.
Michelle Yeoh
Though
Scenes
Had
Greatness
China
Us
Landscape
Even
Desert
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.
Peter S. Beagle
Great
Heroes
Half
Unnoticed
Sorrows
Greatness
Burdens
Goes
Need
Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Goodness
Greatness
Ends
Means
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
Simone Weil
Work
Spirituality
Lies
Civilization
True
Contemporary
True Greatness
Greatness
Form
Founded
Load more quotes
No more greatness quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try another of these similiar topics.
Great
Achievement
After
Agents