Quotes about Greatness

Maribeau said that "none but men of strong passions are capable of rising to greatness." Tennyson said, "The happiness of a man in his life does not consist in the absence but in the mastering of his passions." Franklin said that "he is a governor that governs his passions and he is a servant that serves them.

Knowledge of the tallest scientist or the greatest spiritualist is like a particle of dust.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

Every human has a seed of greatness buried in a gift needed by the world.

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 want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.