greatness quotes

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer – he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you.

It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ‚em out, I pick the round.

In art, at a certain level, there is no ‚better than.‘ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

Men are only as great as they are kind.

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

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country’s ruin!

For me, I don’t want to cheat the game by saying, or kind of doing lip service by saying, I want to be the greatest ever. I want to be able to show it.

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

No man was ever great by imitation.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.