Quotes about Greatness

Liberty is the parent of science and of virtue, and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.

If monks are crazy to live the way they do, maybe the world needs more such craziness, what Matthew Kelty has termed 'the madness of great love.' My narrow world had just opened wide, and I had glimpsed such a love.

Greatness is never achieved nor dreams realized apart from great discipline.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble.

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

We grow small trying to be great.

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.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

God's favor depends on His greatness, not our smallness. His great love, showered upon us ... a small life is lived by staring inward but a large one is lived by diving into God's love.