Quotes about Greatness
The great man has become such by the scrupulous and unselfish attention which he has given to small duties. He has become wise and powerful by sacrificing ambition and pride in the doing of those necessary things which evoke no applause and promise no reward. He never sought greatness; he sought faithfulness, unselfishness, integrity, truth; and in finding these in the common round of small tasks and duties he unconsciously ascended to the level of greatness.
— James Allen
The essence of life is to become all that you can be and manifest the greatness that lies within
— Mensah Oteh
The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.
— Mary Baker Eddy
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.
— Calvin Coolidge
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.
— Oscar Wilde
Of all the people on Earth, the prefect and the greatest Man prayed.
— Joseph Prince
Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced.
— Tony Evans
Jesus was clear that He had come, not to make life easy, but to make men great.
— William Barclay
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.
— Benjamin Disraeli
No man is great if he thinks he is.
— Will Rogers
Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
— Edmund Burke
All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson