Quotes about Greatness
Their position seems to be that their God is so great he doesn't even have to exist.
— Carl Sagan
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
— Muhammad Ali
It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.
— Mark Lanegan
Hendricks turned to his wife and said, "A great man. How many great men do you know?" "One fewer than you think," she answered.
— Gary Thomas
God regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which the work is done.
— Brother Lawrence
Our heavenly Father is great in mercy, He feeds and clothes us everyday, We will worship and humbly learn from him For our Lord clothes the grass of the field.
— Brother Yun
In one sense, the dialogue between Job and his friends serves as one of the greatest worship examples in the Bible. Though the five men differed in their understanding of God and his ways, each stayed with the conversation, wrestling with his beliefs, and meanwhile repeatedly extolling God for his greatness, majesty, justice, and mercy. Each man revered him as Creator and ultimate Authority over all creation.
— Hugh Ross
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
— St. Augustine
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.
— Phillips Brooks
I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.
— Mike Huckabee
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.
— Phillips Brooks