Quotes about Greatness
what miserable creatures great men are when they have no high principles within them and no faith in the reality of a God above them.
— JC Ryle
We may reach heaven without learning, or riches, or health, or worldly greatness. But we shall never reach heaven if we die impenitent and unbelieving. A new heart and a lively faith in a Redeemer are absolutely needful to salvation.
— JC Ryle
Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
— John Donne
I discovered that great men were willing to share their ideas. And I was learning so much. You can learn only if others are ahead of you.
— John Maxwell
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
— David Ogilvy
I can do small things in a great way.
— James Freeman Clarke
Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
— John Milton
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Failure is the test of greatness.
— Herman Melville
The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.
— Pope Benedict XVI
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
— Abraham Lincoln
Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness.... he must not forget that he is a person.
— Pope John Paul II