Top 100 True Greatness Quotes
#1. True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want.
Larry Wall
#2. True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm.
Josei Toda
#3. Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.
Matthew Hayden
#5. Luxuries and indulgences were distractions from true greatness, tawdry and ephemeral baubles that dissipated energy that could be directed toward more meaningful and durable accomplishments in the world around him.
Ramez Naam
#6. I never cease to wonder at my luck in having for my sister the woman who, more than any other woman in America, possesses all the qualities of true greatness.
Dorothy Gish
#7. In most cases, true greatness is a silent and lonely affair, unaccompanied by the trumpeted fanfare of acclaim.
Richard Paul Evans
#8. The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.
Mencius
#9. In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
Nicholas Of Cusa
#10. True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one - and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.
L. Ron Hubbard
#11. It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
Henry Ward Beecher
#12. A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.
Daniel Webster
#13. The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
Simone Weil
#14. Humility is the proper attitude towards all true greatness, including one's own greatness as a human being, but above all towards the greatness which is not oneself, which is beyond one's self
Karol Wojtyla
#15. True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier - when it's spelled with a lower case letter.
Richard Hamming
#16. Make me the father, O Lord, who will show my sons enough of a sense of humor, so that they will always be serious, but never take themselves too seriously. Give them humility, so they will always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.
Thom S. Rainer
#17. I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.
George W. Bush
#18. A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great men to come, who shall be able to instruct, to lead, and to inspire. A people who worship at the shrine of true greatness will themselves be truly great.
Calvin Coolidge
#19. True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
Stephen Covey
#20. Rise to the challenge of bringing your dreams to life! Do not be discouraged by resistance, be nourished by it. Success is the experience of rising to the level of your true greatness.
Steve Maraboli
#21. Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
Paramahansa Yogananda
#22. True greatness ... always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.
Howard W. Hunter
#23. True artists pursue greatness in craft in order to give the Lord the best fruit of the talent He has given them, not to build themselves up. They understand that true greatness is found in the heart of the servant.
Charlie Peacock
#24. There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest is an ersatz greatness.
Simone Weil
#25. True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person - the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments - is the true measure of lasting greatness.
Billy Graham
#26. True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.
Voltaire
#27. One of the marks of true greatness is the ability to develop greatness in others.
J. C. Macaulay
#28. A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
#29. It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
#30. The true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.
Thomas Paine
#31. I think we've taken a step toward something truly magnificent. But humankind almost never forgives true greatness.
Orson Scott Card
#32. Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
Charles Simmons
#33. The soul's true greatness is in loving God and in humbling oneself in His presence, completely forgetting oneself and believing oneself to be nothing; because the Lord is great, but He is well-pleased only with the humble; He always opposes the proud.
Mary Faustina Kowalska
#34. True greatness is devoting all my energy to becoming a servant and not getting upset when I am treated like one.
Bill Gothard
#35. The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
#36. No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.
Phillips Brooks
#37. No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.
Phillips Brooks
#38. True greatness consists in being great in little things.
Charles Simmons
#39. 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
#40. True greatness demands humility; the journey draws it from your struggling soul.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#41. If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from achieving true greatness.
Rod Hundley
#42. God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.
Mahatma Gandhi
#43. To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.
Thomas Lansing Masson
#44. True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.
J. Oswald Sanders
#45. I cannot create greatness as I can only create weak facsimiles. And in sorting through the innumerable facsimiles around me, I will only happen upon true greatness when I happen upon the true God.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#46. The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.
Charles Sumner
#48. True greatness and true power is faithful all the way down, including humbly quick to admit limitedness, sin and brokenness, and to ask for forgiveness.
Andy Crouch
#49. True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love.
L. Ron Hubbard
#50. Only by creating out of love will one achieve true greatness.
A.D. Posey
#51. The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.
William Jennings Bryan
#52. My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.
Yousuf Karsh
#54. In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.
Hugh Nibley
#55. In art, and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavor. There is no true greatness in art or science without that sense of harmony.
Albert Einstein
#56. True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
J. Oswald Sanders
#57. People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.
Walt Disney
#58. One of the greatest things you can learn in life is to be compassionate, and true compassion includes compassion for yourself.
Bryant McGill
#59. The highest men are calm, silent and unknown ... The true masters seldom reveal themselves, except in the vibrations the leave behind, and upon which the lesser gurus build their doctrines.
Tom Robbins
#60. A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Elbert Hubbard
#61. Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through their interactions, and even through their unity, spawn true American greatness.
Cory Booker
#62. The time is come," he spoke quietly. "Now, when lesser folk would wither, thou must be true to the blood of thine ancestors. Much greatness is bred in thee; accept now this terrible mantle and take a step nearer thy destiny.
Robin Jarvis
#63. It is man's foremost duty to awaken the understanding of the inner self and to know his own real inner greatness. Once he knows his true worth, he can know the worth of others.
Swami Muktananda
#64. Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you
and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
#65. Comparing ourselves instead of taking lessons from ourselves is not only a catalyst to diminishing our true purpose but also a great ingredient to thinking negative and staying in mediocrity
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#66. I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#67. Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
Henri Frederic Amiel
#68. One who aspires to greatness should read and study, pursuing the True Way with such a firm resolve that he is perfectly straightforward and open, rises above the superficialities of conventional behavior, and refuses to be satisfied with the petty or commonplace.
Yoshida Shoin
#69. We will bear much fruits, when we connect to the true vine, the Creator.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#70. America you are beautiful ... and blessed ... The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life.
Pope John Paul II
#71. To learn true humility, we need more than a redefinition of greatness; we need even more than Jesus' personal example of humble service. What we need is His death.
C.J. Mahaney
#72. I believe in the goodness of fellow human beings. We have a true desire for greatness and genuine good intention to be helpful to others. That's enough. Change is possible.
Ilchi Lee
#73. He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to the really great in spirit.
Charles Dickens
#74. As for national greatness: It is probably true that all nations are great and even holy at the time of death. The Biafrans had never fought before. They fought well this time. They will never fight again. They will never play Finlandia on an ancient marimba again. Peace.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
#75. As was true with every powerful person I had known, and there were but a few, his greatness made him humble and kind.
Patricia Cornwell
#76. Truth is infinite and is therefore vast enough to hold an infinite number of facets. It has been said that the measure of an idea's greatness is the degree to which its opposite is also true. For example, love is gentle; love is also strong.
Shepherd Hoodwin
#77. Those who are fortunate to be educated, must light the flame of fire.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#78. Kurosawa was one of film's true greats ... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed appropriate to name the new digital studio for him.
George Lucas
#79. The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.
Walter Russell
#80. The course of our lives is determined by how we react
what we decide and what we do
at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.
Daisaku Ikeda
#81. The true democrat wishes to share the great works of culture with all who are able to appreciate them; the egalitarian, recognizing that genuine excellence is rare, declares greatness a fraud and sets about obliterating distinctions.
Roger Kimball
#82. The true mark of greatness is not found in what a person does with their own life. It is found in helping others discover that, they too, can become great.
John Earl Shoaff
#83. Although to our automatic brain, change always means potential danger. In order to calm that brain, it means embracing change so to turn on the light in our mind and open the door to our true potential.
Charles F. Glassman
#84. Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
Vince Lombardi
#86. 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 greatest greatness is.
Phillip Brooks
#87. To be truly great and greatly true
Is to align your thoughts, words and actions in all you do
George Akomas Jr
#88. No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library ... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.
Lawrence Clark Powell
#89. The real you suffocates under the layers of your learned identity. Uncover the layers so you can truly breathe again from the true center. Being aware of your infinite potential and access awakens the Master with the Master Key within. You have always been settled in oneness with All.
Franklin Gillette
#90. Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#91. True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.
Joseph Wood Krutch
#92. The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.
Henry Ford
#93. For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take their personal honor so seriously they will fight for things that don't matter.
Peter Thiel
#94. True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.
Charles Caleb Colton
#95. We are advised to meditate on things that are true, lovely, noble, gracious and bring good report. These should form the basis of our thought pattern.
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
#96. Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Coco Chanel
#97. An in-depth study of the true reason for greatness of nations, will always lead a thorough researcher to the factor of virtues and values
Sunday Adelaja
#98. A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling.
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
#99. I believe each incoming freshman [in college] must be started at once on his own research project if we are to preserve his secret dream of greatness and make it come true.
Edwin Land
#100. The true religion would have to teach greatness and wretchedness, inspire self-esteem and self-contempt, love and hate.
Blaise Pascal
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