Top 1200 Greatness Of God Quotes & Sayings

God is so great that the greatness precludes existence.

How can your God become our God and renew our prosperity and awaken in us dreams of returning greatness?

To glorify God means to think and act in such a way that the goodness, greatness, and beauty of God are constantly obvious to ourselves and all those around us. It means to live in such a way that when people see us they think, Thank God for God, if God would create such a life.

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.

For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves.

The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.

Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

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

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

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

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.

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.

The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.

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

The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.

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

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

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

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.

Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.

Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience.

GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea, Than in my greatness covet to be hid, And in the vapour of my glory smother'd. But God be thanked. . . .

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it.

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

The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule - it is a failure to treat God as God. It is a sin against his glory

Worship is just responding to the greatness of God.

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.

Jesus measured greatness in terms of service not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

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 God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.

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

Don't focus on the adversity; focus on God. No matter what you go through, stay in faith, be your best each day and trust that God will use it to position you for greatness.

God operates by different rules of time and space. And God's infinite greatness, which we would expect to diminish us, actually makes possible the very closeness that we desire. A God unbound by our rules of time has the ability to invest in every person on earth. God has, quite literally, all the time in the world for each one of us.

You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.

God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.

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

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

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

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

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

What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.

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

That's the reason I believe in the power of prayer, because I believe you have to be able to first believe in a being superior to you, You have to believe in God and once you're able to believe in God and embrace the greatness of the creator, then you're able to believe in yourself and embrace the greatness that God put into you and each of us, and you're able to tap into that. But there will be days.

I am not religious, but I am a pious man... A religious man has a definite religion. He says "God is there" or "God is there," "God is there." "Your god is not my god, and that's all." But the pious man, he just looks out with awe, and says, "where is God?" And "well, I don't understand it and I would like to know what this creation really means." That is a pious man, who is really touched by the greatness of nature and of the creation.

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

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

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.

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

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

Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory.

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.

I wrote this poem called “The Calvinist” to capture a glimpse of God’s sovereign intersection with the life of a sinful man. There is no part of life where the greatness of God does not penetrate deeply. I want to help you feel that.

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

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.

What is greatness? Greatness is when you have found out that you are not great, but everything else is.

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.

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.