Greatness Quotes - Page 10

• A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

  Brigham Young

  Men, Good Man, Church

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.120

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• He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.4

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• 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.

  John W. Gardner

  Freedom, Commitment, Self

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• Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Lasting

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• True greatness consists in being great in little things.

  Charles Simmons

  Excellence, Littles, Little Things

  Charles Simmons (1852). “Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker”, p.315

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• Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Courage, Honesty

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• To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Thoughtful, Men, Littles

  1849 Marginalia1844-49.

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• They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

  William Shakespeare

  Blast, Shakes

  1592-3 Margaret. Richard III, act1, sc.3, l.257-8.

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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• Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophical, Men, Eagles

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.26, Publishdrive

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• He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, Leadership, Being Strong

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life thoughts gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by E.D. Procter”, p.33

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• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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  Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

  Horace Mann

  Truth

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• Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.

  Demosthenes

  Good Things

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• It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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• Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.

  William Allen White

  Men, Quality, Usual

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• The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Men, Thinking, Fire

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 340-42, The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (1795-1822), chapter XV, 1922.

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• It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Apr 25, 2009

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• The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Vanity, Needs, Criminal Mind

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• Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

  George Chapman

  Inspirational, Height, Spirit

  George Chapman (1990). “The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles Duke of Byron”, p.35, Manchester University Press

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• Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Relationship, Family, Trust

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.365, Library of America

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• France cannot be France without greatness.

  Charles de Gaulle

  France

  Les Memoires de Guerre vol. 1 (1954)

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• There would be no great ones, if there were no little ones.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Men, Would Be

  "The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Verse".

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• There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

  Victor Hugo

  Life, Country, Men

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• The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

  Orison Swett Marden (2006). “Rising in the World, Or Architects of Fate”, p.43, Cosimo, Inc.

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