Top 1200 Greatness Of America Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.

Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution.

The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it.

Greatness has entered the ring! Thank you very much you may bow at will!

I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.

Thanks to Barack Obama, America is for the first time aligning its values with those of 'the majority of the world's population.' If you think the world's population has had better values than America, that is has made societies that are more open, free, and tolerant than American society, and that is has fought for others' liberty more than America has, you should be delighted.

Is America becoming decadent? Do we no longer regard our promises and pledges as sacred? ... We promised to make peace with Germany only in conjunction with the Allies; but we brought forward a separate peace, demanding for ourselves all the advantages of the Treaty of Versailles but rejecting all the responsibilities embodied in the Treaty. It was America's President who induced Europe to form a League of Nations; and then America was the first country that refused to joint it.... If these are not the symptoms of national decadency, what are they?

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

Greatness is the reward for genius... only a few can be great, the rest are plain good.

God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.

I found myself defending America a lot in England. They were always asking me racial questions. I'd say, 'You've got prejudice here, too. At least in America we're trying to deal with it.'

They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as well as practice apartheid. America preaches freedom and practices slavery.

You have something special. You have greatness in you. You have the ability to do more than you can ever begin to imagine.

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that Norsemen had discovered America centuries earlier, or that you really can't get credit for discovering a land already populated by indigenous people with a developed civilization. Those people are communists. Columbus discovered America.

It says something about our country that people around the world are willing to leave their homes and leave their families and risk everything to come to America. Their talent and hard work and love of freedom have helped make America the leader of the world. And our generation will ensure that America remains a beacon of liberty and the most hope fill society this world has ever known.

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.

Men like Sunil Dutt should not be mourned, only envied for their greatness.

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

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.

The union of theorizer, organizer, and leader in one man is the rarest phenomenon on earth; therein lies greatness.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others.

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

Greatness really consists in doing some great deed with little means.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots, and on the matter of America's self-preservation, the difference is irrelevant.

What every college must do is hold up before the young the spectacle of greatness.

The very fact of seeking specialization is probably what makes America so great in these two hundred years. But also, the sensation that somebody who wants to understand America doesn't really need to visit it much.

A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.

If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should not ever have to have young Americans sent to any part of the world to defend and die for America`s gluttony on fossil fuel.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

I was just stunned when I came to America. I didn't know anything about rock music or football, and I felt very out of it... America was like a foreign country to me at first.

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself.

To seek greatness outside yourself is turn your back on the treasure within.

I often find it maddening to live in America, in a way that is both amusing and horrifying to me. America clings to versions of itself that are absolutely hypocritical. I can't shake my outrage at it, so I write about it.

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

Henceforth, the United States may have to determine how to cope with regional coalitions that seek to push America out of Eurasia, thereby threatening America's status as a global power.

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.

Some people are destined for greatness; others fall up a hill to get there.

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future.

Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission.

Overseas, America's fighting men and women have been waging war against those who would attack America and plunge the world into a period of darkness, and their success can easily be seen.