Quotes about Greatness

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact; and great trade will always be attended with considerable abuses. The contraband will always keep pace in some measure with the fair trade. It should stand as a fundamental maxim, that no vulgar precaution ought to be employed in the cure of evils, which are closely connected with the cause of our prosperity.

The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.

We are agents of omnipotence. This means that unlimited power is at our fingertips. It also means that there are no great men working in God's Kingdom. Rather, there is a great God at work in human beings who have childlike faith.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882), the great American essayist, said "nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm." What a deconstructed culture lacks, because of its deep cynicism and pessimism about reality, is a basic confidence and enthusiasm that is necessary to start almost anything.

Governments encourage this pacification by various distractions, what used to be called "bread and circuses." They know it will keep us small, content, and uninterested in those "weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and good faith" (Matthew 23:23) that have attracted all great souls. A

The greatness of the man's power is the measure of his surrender.

No man is greater than his prayer life.

Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.

Small minds cannot grasp great subjects.

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.