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Greatness Quotes
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Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The heights by men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. (Quote by - Mohandas Gandhi)
The biggest dog has been a pup. (Quote by - Joaquin Miller)
It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves. (Quote by - Meir Kahane)
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. (Quote by - Leo Tolstoy)
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown (Quote by - Charles de Gaulle)
Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty. (Quote by - George Eliot)
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. (Quote by - Walter Savage Landor)
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. (Quote by - Elbert Hubbard)
True greatness consists in being great in little things. (Quote by - Charles Simmons)
It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil. (Quote by - James Smithson)
In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air. (Quote by - John Webster)