Quotes about Greatness
There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
- Joseph Addison
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
- William Hazlitt
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
- J. Oswald Sanders
Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.
- Teresa of Avila
Do not let us speak of darker days let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
- Winston Churchill
Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Greatness inspires greatness. Creativity inspires creativity. When you align yourself with people who inspire you and help draw out the best in you, you find your best self.
- Bishop TD Jakes
Some think that emulating those we admire makes us more effective and guarantees the result they exhibit. The goal is not to duplicate someone else's greatness or purpose, destiny or creativity.
- Bishop TD Jakes
Every person is born with a seed of greatness.
- Myles Munroe
You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.
- Jerry Falwell
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred
- Booker T. Washington