Simple Greatness Quotes

#1. We're not afraid of who we are. We're afraid of who we think we're not.

John O'Leary

#2. Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Barack Obama

#3. Looking at Death, is Dying - ...

Emily Dickinson

#4. For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#5. Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.

William Arthur Ward

#6. Small things have a way of overmastering the great. This small press can destroy a kingdom.

Sonya Levien

#7. Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.

Shia Labeouf

#8. I have come to believe that the defining moments of most lives are not acts of courage or greatness, rather they are the simple acts: expressions of virtue or vice that are tossed carelessly like seeds from a farmer's hand, leaving their fruits to be revealed at a future date.

Richard Paul Evans

#9. You achieve greatness, not by accumulating wealth, but by becoming king, loving, forgiving, and simple.

Debasish Mridha

#10. I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

Dave Chappelle

#11. True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.

James Anthony Froude

#12. I do all of these things," Daniel said, leaning into her so that their foreheads touched, "because you're my love, Lucinda. For me, you're all there is.

Lauren Kate

#13. Our lives must be spent seeking our God, for God hides; but His artifices, once they be known, seem so simple and smiling! From that moment, the merest nothing reveals His presence, and the greatness of our life depends on so little.

Maurice Maeterlinck

#14. Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.

Henri Nouwen

#15. Science has proven that while your genes control your biology, a rather simple, nondrug formula of nutrient-rich food, targeted supplements to address missing precursors, and lifestyle changes can keep your genes in perpetual "repair" mode.

Sara Gottfried

#16. The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Wilferd Peterson

#17. All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer, its own standard by which to appreciate it.

Margaret Fuller

#18. There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

Oliver Goldsmith

#19. Henrietta, who might well have been responsible for the first A.A. work in institutions.

Ed Nyland

#20. I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.

Paulo Coelho

#21. Your relationships will either make you or break you and there is no such thing as a neutral relationship. People either inspire you to greatness or pull you down in the gutter, it's that simple. No one fails alone, and no one succeeds alone.

Eric Thomas

#22. I'm not the type that would ask for a number or ask him on a date, but I have approached a guy. I probably would tell a joke or say, "You're really cute."

Jhene Aiko

#23. To reveal your greatness, don't wait for a great opportunity. Find a simple opportunity to care and share your great love.

Debasish Mridha

#24. It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.

Franklin P. Jones

#25. Humility is that simple, inner life of real greatness, which is indifferent to magnificence, and, surrounded by it all, lives far away in the distant country of a Father's home, with the cross borne silently and self-sacrificingly in the heart of hearts.

Frederick William Robertson

#26. He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Thomas Secker

#27. Wealth brings with it refinement, the spirit of conservation, while poverty inspires adventurous ideas, the desire to change things, and has little care for life.

Jose Rizal

#28. Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#29. Perhaps someday, when you are a father, Prince, you will understand how empty is your heart if your child is a hollow toy that you can move where you will him to be

Ashlee Willis

#30. Mori smiled properly. The lines around his eyes were deeper than usual now. They made him look like an old photograph of a young man, often crushed, but ironed carefully so that only the ghosts of the marks remained.

Natasha Pulley

#31. I see no greatness in my self ... I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent.

Neal Cassady