Greatness Quotes
68 quotations about Greatness
To be great is to be misunderstood.
A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.
He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.
No great thing is created suddenly.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down.
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.
He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.
No one ever became great by imitation.
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Great men always pay deference to greater.
I want to be great, something special.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.
Nobody's ever the greatest anything.