4,405 Quotes About Greatness

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

The mind maketh good or ill, wretch or happy, rich or poor.

A sublime soul can rise to all kinds of greatness, but by an effort; it can tear itself from all bondage, to all that limits and constrains it, but only by strength of will. Consequently the sublime soul is only free by broken efforts.

A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.

Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.

If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks to us about His commandments, we determine to obey them.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

Great abilities, when employed as God directs, do but make the owners of them greater and more painful servants to their neighbors.

Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness.