Famous Quotes & Sayings

T. S. Eliot

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

T. S. Eliot

The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.

Rick Santelli

Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?

Suzy Kassem

Greatness comes with patience.

Simon Sinek

Greatness starts with a clear vision of the future.

Simon Sinek

Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.

Ron Kaufman

Greatness is not how you feel, it's how you make others feel.

Ron Kaufman

Constant acts of goodness are worth far more than rare acts of greatness.

Thomas Merton

We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.

Thomas Carlyle

We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of greatness.

Thomas Carlyle

All greatness is unconscious, or it is little and naught.

Thomas Carlyle

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

Thomas Carlyle

We are to remember what an umpire Nature is; what a greatness, composure of depth and tolerance there is in her. You take wheat to cast into the Earth's bosom; your wheat may be mixed with chaff, chopped straw, barn-sweepings, dust and all imaginable rubbish; no matter: you cast it into the kind just Earth; she grows the wheat, - the whole rubbish she silently absorbs, shrouds it in, says nothing of the rubbish.

Thomas Carlyle

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Ronald Reagan

Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.

Saadi

Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience.

Sonny Perdue

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

Steve Cauthen

It's been said racing encompasses hours of agony and moments of glory. But moments like the 1978 Triple Crown inspire the pursuit of greatness.

Sri Chinmoy

You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does

Sri Chinmoy

Greatness is a matter of a moment. Goodness is the work of a lifetime.

Stefan Zweig

Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware--and this honors you--of the historical greatness of your position, that you think too modestly about yourself. Everything you do is destined to be of historic significance. One day, your letters, your decisions, will belong to all mankind, like those of Wagner and Brahms.

Soulja Boy

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.

Thomas B. Macaulay

It is the age that forms the man, not the man that forms the age.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Great minds do indeed react on the society which has made them what they are; but they only pay with interest what they have received.

Victor Hugo

My greatness does not extend to this shelf.

Vicente Fox

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

Stephen Leacock

The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes.

Stephen Vizinczey

Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.

Ron Fournier

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

Steve Wozniak

Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything.

Spike Lee

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

Sigmund Freud

It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no better than we, and has in fact come nearer to us as a human being.

Sun Tzu

Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be done while they are easy, the greatest things in the world must be done while they are still small. For this reason sages never do what is great, and this is why they achieve greatness.