Greatness

"It is not truth that makes man great; but man that makes truth great." ~ Confucius

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once." ~ Blaise Pascal

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. ~ John Steinbeck

They're only truly great who are truly good. ~ George Chapman

To be great is to be misunderstood. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain

It is not enough to be very good if you have the ability to be great. ~ Alberta Lee Cox

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher that you think. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed around our incompleteness; Round our restlessness, His rest. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. ~ Johns Hopkins

"All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great people are those who can make others feel that they, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~ Albert Einstein

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. ~ Charles de Gaulle

If you cannot do great things; do small things in a great way. ~ J.F. Clarke

Greatness is always improbably. Petty and dull--that is probable. ~ Tao Te Ching

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows. ~ Charles Reed

God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials. ~ John Baptiste Gressett

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent Van Gogh