Quotes about Greatness
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
I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!
— Muhammad Ali
A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.
— Henry David Thoreau
Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.
— Jon Gordon
How to discover your greatness? By upgrading our relationships and by having goals beyond our comfort zone.
— Les Brown