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Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
Take risks that could result in Greatness! Wayne Gretsky said, "You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
Nothing is as uplifting as standing before a great painting whether it was painted in 1505 or last Tuesday.
Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.
Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.
I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.
For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.
Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.
Great art is always a balancing act. But all art has both - an emotional content and an intellectual content.
It takes a good car for anybody to be good, but it takes a good car and a special driver to achieve greatness.
To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.
It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.
The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.
There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude.
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.
As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
A person does not show his actions to the creation except due to his ignorance of the Greatness of the Creator.
Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.
Presidential aspirants reach for the highest office to satisfy some yearning for greatness or even immortality.
I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand
An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
True greatness is devoting all my energy to becoming a servant and not getting upset when I am treated like one.
A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
The ways of the Lord are not easy, but we were not created for an easy life, but for great things, for goodness.
The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.
The U.S. has always sought to sow intrigue against Iran but has never succeeded in the face of Iran's greatness.
Great leaders don't succeed because they are great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.
Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness.
The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.
The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.
I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.
A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
Don't be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it's the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness.
The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive