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Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.
True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.
Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?
A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half remembered glory
You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
Failure holds the seeds for greatness - so long as you water those seeds with introspection, they can be the root of your success.
I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies, In the freedom that fills all the space 'twixt the marsh and the skies.
The greatness that would make us grave, Is but an empty thing. What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king.
All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.
The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.
We are poised for greatness here in Miramar, our foundation is sound, the question is what are we going to do with the foundation?
There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.
I want to really take chances. I want to be funny in a lot of different ways. I'd like to be great. I want to reach for greatness.
Diversity for diversity's sake is nothing more than affirmative action and can make no claim to being part of America's greatness.
Spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.
You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that.
Great abilities, when employed as God directs, do but make the owners of them greater and more painful servants to their neighbors.
Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work - then try to trump it.
The greatest determinant of greatness is going to be our ability to collaborate with others who have pieces of the puzzle we don't.
I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.
Top to bottom Michigan is about excellence, greatness. You have my pledge I will carry forward the excellence of Michigan football.
Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.
There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
God is not in the vastness of greatness. He is hid in the vastness of smallness . He is not in the general. He is in the particular.
As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.
The greatest lesson I've learned is that you have to fight and continue to strive for greatness, as nothing great ever comes easily.
The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
If you are building a corporate culture of greatness, you have to define culture on your own terms and with the people you work with.
People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.
In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be.
Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods
I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
SYCOPHANT- One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor.
It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.
When they did the Olympics in Seoul - or elsewhere - didn't each host country try to show its greatness to the world viewing audience?
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.
America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.
Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.
Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
The thing which makes one man greater than another, the quality by which we ought to measure greatness, is a man's capacity for loving.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Maybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we don't really know.
The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.