Best greatness & thinking Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Greatness isn't something you should always be chasing. There's greatness within all of us, and I think that's what we forget.”

Thinking Should Forget Greatness Chasing Greatness Within

Author:Brad Meltzer

“The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.”

Thinking Men Fire Greatness Fuel Great Men

Author:Isaac D'Israeli

“In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is”

Thinking Way Greatness Ambition Slippery

Book:Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine

Source: Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine

“People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.”

People Thinking Greatness Judging Ought Fit Truth Is Capable Motive Sublime

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“I don't know what motivated the artist, which means that the paintings have an intrinsic quality. I think Goethe called it the 'essential dimension,' the thing that makes great works of art great.”

Thinking Knows Mean Art Artist Quality Greatness Painting Essentials Dimensions Works Of Art Motivated Great Work

Book:Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007

Source: Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007

“I had been thinking about how greatness always has a hand from luck or fate. That no one ever achieves anything with their will alone. The luck or fate that helped us, amongst many others, was that my sister happened to know these two heavy metal kids David Navarro and Stephen Perkins.”

Thinking Knows Two Hands Kids Destiny Fate Happened Achieve Greatness Luck Heavy My Sister Metals Heavy Metal

Author:Eric Avery

“The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps.”

Thinking Humans Life Is Goal Steps Greater Greatness Keys Habit Roots Leap Small Steps

Author:Robert Genn

“There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.”

Thinking Giving Humans Mean Evil Human Nature Greatness Willing Ready Goodness Ears Welcome Jealousy Reports Calumny Calumny Is

Book:Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays

Source: Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays

“In most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character - or all three. Therefore, the mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them.”

Thinking Life Mind Doe Character Body Action Three Force Behinds Attitude Greatness Personality Driving Mood Instance Pilots Driving Force

Author:Walt Disney

“I, for one, will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that Themistocles' greatness lay in the fact that he realized Athens was not immortal. I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Facts Realizing Gone Forever Greatness And Love Lays Convinced Canada Immortal Bangs Let It Go Athens

Author:Pierre Trudeau

“For I think it is the case with genius that it is not when quiescent so very much above mediocrity as the difference between the two might lead us to think, but that it has the power and privilege of rising from that level to a height utterly far from mediocrity: in other words that its greatness is that it can be so great.”

Thinking Two Might Differences Levels Cases Greatness Genius Privilege Height Rising Mediocrity

Book:Gerard Manley Hopkins: poetry and prose

Source: Gerard Manley Hopkins: poetry and prose

“Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware--and this honors you--of the historical greatness of your position, that you think too modestly about yourself. Everything you do is destined to be of historic significance. One day, your letters, your decisions, will belong to all mankind, like those of Wagner and Brahms.”

Thinking Sometimes Feelings Decision Mankind Position Greatness Honor One Day Letters Historical Significance About Yourself Destined Historic Wagner Brahms

Book:A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935

Source: A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935

“They say greatness skips a generation, but I think that's because the generation before helps too much.”

Thinking Helping Too Much Generations Greatness Skip

Author:Nick Simmons

“Do not tell me that you have got to be rich! We have a false standard of greatness in the United States. We think here that a man must be great, that he must be notorious; that he must be extremely wealthy, or that his name must be upon the putrid lips of rumor. It is all a mistake. It is not necessary to be rich or to be great, or to be powerful, to be happy. The happy man is the successful man. Happiness is the legal tender of the soul.Joy is wealth.”

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of David. Think of a great and enduring novel like Huckleberry Finn or Crime and Punishment. Think of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Shakespeare's Henry V. Think of a beautifully designed building, like the masterpieces of Frank Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You can't point to any one single item that makes the whole thing work; it's the entire work-all the pieces working together to create an overall effect-that leads to enduring greatness.”

Source: Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

“I'm a Christian. I believe that greatness has to do with the quality of love shown to the least of thy brethren and the quality of service to those who are catching hell. When you look at it in that sense, I'd say America has had great moments, but I wouldn't call it a great nation. I don't think there have been any great nations in the history of the world, because in every nation you find poor people being subjugated. So, I see the term "great nation" as a contradiction, as an oxymoron.”

“Perhaps the greatest definition I think of character and quality is people who when they're truly great rather than making you feel that tall they make you feel that tall, that they're greatness as it were improves you.”

People Thinking Feels Character Quality Greatness Definitions Tall

Author:Stephen Fry

“To glorify God means to think and act in such a way that the goodness, greatness, and beauty of God are constantly obvious to ourselves and all those around us. It means to live in such a way that when people see us they think, Thank God for God, if God would create such a life.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Mean Greatness Goodness Obvious Thank God Glorify

Author:Dallas Willard

“you are so great, and I am so small, I hardly can think of you, World, at all”

Thinking World Greatness Think Of You

Author:William Brighty Rands

“You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you inspire people to give their best, then you're going to get the best result.”

People Thinking Giving Ideas Results Greatness Inspire Manage Kernel

Author:Matthew Lillard

“Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature,--the sweet, without the other side,--the bitter.”

Thinking Men Sides Wealth Greatness Sweet Fame Office Ambition Bitter

Book:The Portable Emerson: New Edition

Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition

“If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Growth Rooms Careers Greatness Bows Complacent

Author:Taraji P. Henson

“It seems like election 2016 has been a whole lot about a person who's very high in the polls, that doesn't have a clue about how to govern.A person who has been filled with scandals, and who could not lead, and, of course, I'm talking about Hillary Clinton.I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country, and who believes that once again we can be one nation, under God.”

Thinking Believe Persons Has Beens Country Whole Seems America Courses Nations Talking Trouble Greatness Election Filled Clinton Clue Scandal Polls One Nation Under God

Author:Mike Huckabee

“There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to get an opportunity to pursue greatness and pursue careers outside of D.C. Not everybody is going to make it. I think there's a connotation that there's a lack of rappers out there.”

People Thinking Real Opportunity Careers Greatness Unity Pursue Fake Rapper Connotation

Author:Wale

“None think the great unhappy, but the great.”

Thinking Greatness Unhappy

Book:The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:

Source: The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:

“In order to do something you've never done, you've got to become someone you've never been. I think that all of us have great potential within us, but greatness is a choice; it's not our destiny. And in the pursuit of our dreams we are introduced to trials, failures and disappointments , which take us to the door of discovery and greatness.”

Thinking Done Dream Order Choices Destiny Doors Greatness Discovery Disappointment Pursuit Trials Our Dreams Our Destiny

Author:Les Brown

“There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Do not give yourself another excuse to put off making up your mind. You know in your heart of hearts that once you do that you have got to act. You owe it to the world, your family and most importantly, to yourself to live a life of no regrets. Stop worrying about what other people will think, say, or do. You only have one life. LIVE IT now. You have GREATNESS within you!!”

“I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals, that what can be imagined can be achieved, that you must dare to dream, but that there's no substitute for perseverance and hard work and teamwork because no one gets there alone; and that, while we commemorate the... the greatness of these events and the individuals who achieve them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those who make these achievements and leaps possible.”

Source: The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths, and the Movies

“The thinking of the one, therefore, will be determined by eternal truth, the actions of the other more by the practical reality of the moment. The greatness of the one lies in the absolute abstract soundness of his idea.”

Thinking Ideas Moments Reality Action Lying Greatness Eternal Absolutes Determined Practicals Abstract Soundness

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf

“When I was a boy, I would read those postcards and know exactly why my father was doing what he was doing: he was taking a stab at greatness, that is, if greatness is simply another word for doing something different from what you were already doing--or maybe greatness is the thing we want to have so that other people will want to have us, or maybe greatness is merely the grail for our unhappy, striving selves, the thing we think we need but don't and can't get anyway.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Needs Different Self Father Boys Greatness Strive Unhappy Postcards

Author:Brock Clarke

“There’s a greatness in not caring what people think”

People Thinking Greatness Caring Not Caring

Author:Melissa McCarthy

“It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.”

Thinking Hard Greatness Keys Habit Great Writers Magical Thinking Work Habits

Author:Zoë Heller

“You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason to be a horse's ass - Franklin Roosevelt. He was humane and wise and resourceful. He was called a traitor to his class.”

Thinking Reason Kids Class Rich Wise Greatness Horse Ass Presidency Humane Traitor Franklin Resourceful Rich Kids

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.”

Thinking Needs Long Country Helping Running Fighting President Hours Forget Greatness Draws Breaths Blessed Saved Our Country Help Me Forget It God Help Me

Author:John McCain

“I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of inspired by that greatness and I'm inspired to try and obtain something that comes close to that greatness.”

Thinking Trying Kind Pieces Influence Style Greatness Inspired

Author:Paul Weller

“In addition to that, we have a woman post-production supervisor, a woman colorist, a woman first AD, a woman production supervisor... I think it's really sad when I hear so many shows are content to stay in a mono-cultural realm, not realizing how they are subtracting from their own greatness by not inviting women and people of color into the space - that seasoning that makes the recipe even more great. It was absolutely imperative for me. It's how I run all my crews.”

People Thinking Firsts Shows Running Realizing Space Greatness Color Productions Posts Realms Ads Crew Recipes Imperatives Inviting Really Sad Seasoning Supervisors Post Production Mono

Author:Ava DuVernay

“There is often with restaurant reviews in particular, I think, this kind of impulse to be deferential and bow down to the greatness of the restaurant and the greatness of the chef, and then with great regret to say, "And yet, all is not as it should be in the kingdom," and I didn't want to do any of that.”

Thinking Want Should Kind Greatness Particular Regret Kingdoms Impulse Restaurants Reviews Bows Chef

Author:Pete Wells

“The left think they've got a monopoly on this silly idea that we are a nation of immigrants, America's greatness is traceable to its immigrants. I'm sorry. I don't buy that as a stand-alone idea anyway because really what they're trying to say with that is that America's greatness is due to America's diversity, and that has not a thing to do with it. American Greatness is because of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and our country.”

“American patriotism is now jingoism. American Greatness is made fun of. The concept of "Make America Great Again" or American exceptionalism is lampooned. It is impugned. It is attacked. The effort to globalize our society and make us feel, as many of us as possible, that there's nothing special about being an American, that we ought to think of ourselves as citizens of the world, and in that context America is a problem because we have too much, we've done too much, we owe too much, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”

Thinking World Done Problem Fun Effort Special Greatness American Exceptionalism

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“In 2008, when I was wrapped up a very toxic relationship, I lived out of my car for about four months to get away. And what I learned about myself in the process is that sometimes a safety net isn't really that safe; it's what keeps you from flying. That year I went from playing football to being a football player. Football wasn't paying my bills, but people didn't really know how bad it was. That was the one place in the world that when everything else was chaos, I could be great. I think we all have that place where we experience greatness. Football definitely saved my life.”

People Thinking World Sometimes Player Car Greatness Football Safety Chaos Flying Get Away Football Player Safety Net Playing Football

Author:Jennifer Welter

“You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason to be a horse's ass - Franklin Roosevelt. He was humane and wise and resourceful. He was called a traitor to his class. With George Bush, that charge would never stick.”

Thinking Reason Kids Rich Wise Greatness Ass Traitor Franklin Resourceful Rich Kids

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“As you think, so shall you become.”

Thinking Inspirational Motivational Motivation Growth Learning Greatness Athlete Work Out Swimming

Author:Bruce Lee

“The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness whereas certain contemporary Americans indubitably are. Their critics often advance the exact opposite: British fiction is cool, American naff.”

Thinking World Kind Certain Stuff Fiction Greatness Opposites Critics British Contemporary Odd Novelists Symbiosis

Author:Will Self

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”

Thinking Inspirational Happiness Success Fear Women Steps Failing Self Esteem Positive Greatness Positive Thinking Inspirational Life Failure Confidence Competition Perseverance Mindset Queens Positive Attitude Women Empowerment Not Afraid Strong Women Empowering Women Insperational Success And Failure Being A Woman Have Confidence Powerful Women Success Failure Stepping Stones Think Positive Independent Women Empowered Women Power Of Positive Thinking Women Empowering Women Inspirational Women Positive Thinking And Attitude Inspirational Strong Women Self Esteem And Confidence Confidence In Yourself Failure Inspirational Inspirational Success Failure International Women's Day Confidence Boosting Being A Strong Woman Afraid To Fail Smart Women International Women Day Think Positive Be Positive Afraid Of Failure Women Strength Fear Of Failing Womans Day Strong Powerful Women Womens Day Happy Woman Great Confidence Images Of Strong Women Black Women Inspirational Confidence In Others Building Self Confidence Famous Women Inspirational Fail To Succeed Confident Woman Self Confidence Building Women Confidence Happy Womens Day Destined For Greatness

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”

“The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism.”

Ifs Thinking Men Feels Said Book Able Faces Deals Half Modern Students Greatness Philosopher Great Men Plato Simplest Face To Face Inadequate Commentators Great Philosophers

Book:God in the Dock

Source: God in the Dock

“What you're thinking is what you're becoming.”

Thinking Greatness Becoming

Book:Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest

Source: Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest

“The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people have so very much in common; measured against eternity and the greatness of creation, the world in which they lived was narrow. That's why snow drew people together. It was as if snow cast a veil over hatreds, greed, and wrath and made everyone feel close to one another. -- Snow pg 119”

People Ifs Thinking World Feels Made Together Beautiful Life Is Common Creation Greatness Hatred Eternity Sight Greed Casts Snow Spite Veils Wrath Short Life Enmity

Author:Orhan Pamuk

“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

Source: Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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