Quotes about Greatness

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”

“Greatness is a spiritual condition.”

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

“No great thing is created suddenly.”

“Nobody's ever the greatest anything.”

“I want to be great, something special.”

“No one ever became great by imitation.”

“Great and good are seldom the same man.”

“He is not great who is not greatly good.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“Great men always pay deference to greater.”

“Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.”

“Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.”

“Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.”

“None think the great unhappy, but the great.”

“What millions died that Caesar might be great?”

“Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.”

“The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.”

“No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.”

“Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.”

“Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.”

“A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.”

“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”

“Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions.”

“The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.”

“Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.”

“All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.”

“There would be no great men if there were no little ones.”

“Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.”

“Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down.”