Greatness Quotes

“The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood.”

“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”

“Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group.”

“Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.”

“A great artist is a great man in a great child.”

“No great man is born in a moment. No great achievement is accomplished overnight.”

“I would say that it is a trait of the great players to be forgiving of themselves.”

“A great man is not necessarily a good man.”

“Don't just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”

“Greatness is a spiritual condition.”

“The great moral figures of humanity were not those who stamped out their passions, but those who harnessed them.”

“The man of strong passions is the only one who is able to be great.”

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”

“When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavoured to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man.”

“He is a great man who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.”

“The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.”

“There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is by his stature.”

“Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.”

“The mountains are where the great champions are revealed.”

“History is the story of the deeds of great men. And laws are the bloodless substitutes for the deeds of great men.”