Quotes about Greatness
A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.
- Joseph Addison
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.
- Phillips Brooks
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt
The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.
- Elbert Hubbard
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
- St. Augustine
The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big.
- St. Augustine
A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.
- William Hazlitt
I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.
- Edmund Burke
It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.
- GK Chesterton
A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.
- Mark Twain