When confronted by a human being who impresses us as truly great, should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his failures? —Lou Andreas-Salome More about this quote Tags: knowledge failure greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. —Horace Mann More about this quote Tags: truth greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me. —Woody Allen More about this quote Tags: self greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. —Edmund Burke More about this quote Tags: nature greatness exactness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The price of greatness is responsibility. —Winston Churchill More about this quote Tags: responsibility greatness price Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. —Isaac Bashevis Singer More about this quote Tags: art greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art. —F. Scott Fitzgerald More about this quote Tags: art greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive. —Eric A. Burns More about this quote Tags: inspiration potential greatness drive Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place. —Grenville Kleiser More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. —Lois McMaster Bujold More about this quote Tags: greatness self-control self-discipline Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement. —Maxwell Anderson More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. —Winston Churchill More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness. —Stewart L. Udall More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. —Wilfred A. Peterson More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email