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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• 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 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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• If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Country, Eye, Self

  "Congressional Record, V. 150, PT. 13, July 22, 2004 to September 14, 2004". Book published by Government Printing Office, p. 18022, 2009.

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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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  The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

  Dave Chappelle

  Funny, Humor, Bears

  "Inside the Actor's Studio", February 12, 2006.

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

  William Shirley

  Reality, Soul, Spirit

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• Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Men, Thinking, Fool

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• No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

  Lawrence Clark Powell

  Civilization, Library, World

  Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr

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

  Paul Tsongas

  Leadership, America, Challenges

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