Greatness Quotes
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Adversity is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.
William Cullen Bryant -
The greatness of being an artist is the kind of ridiculous guffaw you can have at one's own misery. 'That was miserable! Now how can I write about it?'
Michael Winter
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A free peasant means free Poland, for he is the foundation of her greatness and independence.
Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont -
I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.
Jason Day -
The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.
Minoru Yamasaki -
Greatness is a lot of small things done well.
Eric Thomas -
There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.
Seneca the Younger -
It passes in the world for greatness of mind, to be perpetually giving and loading people with bounties; but it is one thing to know how to give and another thing not to know how to keep. Give me a heart that is easy and open, but I will have no holes in it; let it be bountiful with judgment, but I will have nothing run out of it I know not how.
Seneca the Younger
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The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
Mencius -
Real greatness has nothing to do with a man’s sphere. It does not lie in the magnitude of his outward agency, in the extent of the effects which he produces. The greatest men may do comparatively little.
William Ellery Channing -
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
William Cobbett -
Great offices will have great talents.
William Cowper -
Whenever there's a role that scares me, I get panicked and nervous. I know that greatness might come because I'm going to get out of my own element and comfort zone.
Moran Atias -
Believe in yourself. Believe in your own potential for greatness. Believe that you can change the world. It is something that is within each of us. Believe in the Power of One.
Evan Tanner
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I'm sure you know a lot of people who were born into privilege and amounted to absolutely nothing. We all have greatness within us. So it is really important for everyone to figure out what God put us on Earth to do, and steer clear of the seven pervasive lies that often blindside people.
Farrah Gray -
The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
Albert Camus -
There's still time for greatness.
Andrew Craig -
Be not afraid of greatness.
William Shakespeare -
The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. He touched the log cabin and it became the palace in which greatness was nurtured. He touched the forest and it became to him a church in which the purest and noblest worship of God was observed. His occupation has become associated in our minds with the integrity of the life he lived. In Lincoln there was always some quality that fastened him to the people and taught their to keep time to the music of his heart.
David Swing -
In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity
Keith Ferrazzi
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I can't stand satisfaction. To me, greatness comes from that quest for perfection.
Mike Schmidt -
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
Ernest Renan -
Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.
Cathy Freeman -
The greatest lesson I've learned is that you have to fight and continue to strive for greatness, as nothing great ever comes easily.
Natalya Neidhart