Top 1200 Greatness Of America Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

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

You need a strong, tough leader to restore America's greatness. This is the best person to do that.

Donald Trump doesn't pose a single threat to the greatness of America.

I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.

Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible without moral nobility.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

We are distracted from our greatness because are greatness is what scares us. Right where you are…God is.

When I was a boy, I would read those postcards and know exactly why my father was doing what he was doing: he was taking a stab at greatness, that is, if greatness is simply another word for doing something different from what you were already doing--or maybe greatness is the thing we want to have so that other people will want to have us, or maybe greatness is merely the grail for our unhappy, striving selves, the thing we think we need but don't and can't get anyway.

If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.

I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America. It's part of the renewal. It's reform and renewal. Part of the renewal is a set of high standards and to remind people that the greatness of America really does depend on neighbors helping neighbors and children finding mentors. I worry. I'm very worried about, you know, the kid who just wonders whether America is meant for him. I really worry about that.

Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

I believe in highlighting the 'greatness' that I see in every single woman that I come across. There is such beauty in variety. It may not always be evident, when you look at a woman, where her greatness lies. But the truth is that the greatness of women is reflected in the very essence of who we are.

The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. Everybody's life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the foundation for greatness is the honoring of small things of the present moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

If you admire greatness in another human being, it is your own greatness you are seeing.

The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others.

America's greatness rests on far more than the power of our arms. Our greatness is also measured by our goodness, it's in the capacity of our minds, of our hearts, and it's in the strength of our democracy.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.

Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.

It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness.

America has much greatness left in her.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.

America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.

This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it should inspire us with the determination to keep America great and free by keeping America safe and strong in our own time, a time of unique destiny and opportunity for our Nation.

America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.

I'm convinced that the greatness that matters more is the greatness people achieve through helping each other, through collaborating, more than the greatness that's achieved by grabbing all you can or getting all you can or building all you can.

The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

Investment in public infrastructure is key to America's greatness and essential to our national security.

Do you recall, from your childhood on, how very much this life of yours has longed for greatness? I see it now, how from the vantage point of greatness it longs for even greater greatness. That is why it does not let up being difficult, but that is also why it will not cease to grow.

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.

From leading the world into the age of democracy to spearheading the technological revolution, America has always been at the forefront of greatness.

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.. I live in 1924, and the Christian venture is done.

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.

America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.

America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace.

Capitalism is the system that has enabled greatness and made America the envy of the world.

Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.

Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

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Greatness isn't something you should always be chasing. There's greatness within all of us, and I think that's what we forget.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.

There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest is an ersatz greatness.

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

The left think they've got a monopoly on this silly idea that we are a nation of immigrants, America's greatness is traceable to its immigrants. I'm sorry. I don't buy that as a stand-alone idea anyway because really what they're trying to say with that is that America's greatness is due to America's diversity, and that has not a thing to do with it. American Greatness is because of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and our country.

Ronald Reagan believed in America as the shining city on the hill - Morning in America. But Donald Trump has a much different vision of American greatness, of nationalism - a much darker view, I think, of the world.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

We can either build on the greatness of America or we can fade off into history.

The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.