Famous Quotes & Sayings

Philip Sidney

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.

Philip Sidney

Great is not great to the greater.

Philip Sidney

Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.

Philip Sidney

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Peter Drucker

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.

Peter Drucker

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

Paulo Coelho

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

Nicolas Chamfort

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.

Monica Lewinsky

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

John Wooden

Make greatness attainable by all.

John Ruskin

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

John Ruskin

Greatness is the aggregation of minuteness; nor can its sublimity be felt truthfully by any mind unaccustomed to the affectionate watching of what is least.

John Ruskin

Greatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man.

John Ruskin

Anything which elevates the mind is sublime. Greatness of matter, space, power, virtue or beauty, are all sublime.

John Ruskin

The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares.

John Ruskin

I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.

Marianne Williamson

The world won't step into its greatness until we step into ours.

Marianne Williamson

Go for greatness. Anything else is a waste of time.

Marianne Williamson

Daily life is the enemy of greatness.

Mae Jemison

Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it.

Michael Jordan

I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.

Michael Jordan

A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!

Oscar Wilde

Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness.

Michael Jordan

You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Each part of a great painting should in itself be a great painting.

Michel de Montaigne

Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Luke's been an outstanding editor-in-chief. Throughout the year, he's always been greatly supportive to me.

Mackenzie did a great job of controlling everything back there.

Jerry Weintraub

'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.

Fran McCaffery

Levi made a great contribution to the team and benefited Siena in a positive way. We wish him much success in his future.