Top 1200 Greatness Of Man Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

Be ready and willing to be a beginner every morning. That's how you grow and step into your greatness

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

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

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

By His gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging His condition for ours revealed the power that elevates man to God through his love for God and brings God down to man because of His love for man. By this blessed inversion, man is made God by divinization and God is made man by hominization. For the Word of God and God wills always and in all things to accomplish the mystery of His embodiment.

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

I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.

I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

Anyone aspiring to literary greatness should read 'New Grub Street' and weep.

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

The universe is filled with the evidence of God's greatness. In awesome wonder we can consider the worlds He has made.

Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.

In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.

A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.

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

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

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.

Greatness consists in deciding only what is necessary for the welfare of the country and making straight for the goal.

We are all capable of greatness when we know without any doubt that we are directly connected to a higher purpose.

I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.

The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism.

To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.

O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.

Adversity is the nurse of greatness which roughly rocks her patients back to health.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.

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

Every person has seeds of greatness within, even though they may currently be dormant.

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.

The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.

The greatest determinant of greatness is going to be our ability to collaborate with others who have pieces of the puzzle we don't.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.

What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love.

The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

Reach for greatness, nothing less. And make sure you have some fun along the way.

It is to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness.

Even at your best, someone will have something negative to say. Pursue Greatness anyways!

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

What this game's really about is using each day as a platform to express your greatness.

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

Our task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda; Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world.

There is within each of us a divine spark of greatness. Who knows of what we are capable if we only try?

I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.

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

Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a coarse man, vulgar.

Poor wretches that depend On greatness' favor, dream as I have done; Wake, and find nothing.

A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

The Christian's instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.