Quotes about Greatness

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

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People

When Sam was six or so, he explained to me why we call God God: Because when you see something so great, you just go, 'God!

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nations greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude

Everything about God is great, vast, incomparable. He never forgets, never fails, never falters, never forfeits His word.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

America is the greatest country in the world.