Quotes about Greatness

Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.

Everybody can be great; you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted. ... [God] expresses [His] tough mindedness in [His] justice and wrath and [His] tenderheartedness in [His] love and grace. ... On the one hand, God is a God of justice who punished Israel for her wayward deeds, and on the other hand, [He] is a forgiving father whose heart was filled with unutterable joy when the prodigal son returned home.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michealangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare composed poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.

Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for the least of these.

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.

It is the possession of a great heart or a great head, and not the mere fame of it, which is worth having, and conducive to happiness. Not fame, but that which deserves to be famous, is what a man should hold in esteem.

and the desire would never be satisfied, except by a being of equal greatness.

No enterprise can become or rains truly great without a core set of principles to preserve to build upon

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character