Quote Tag

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

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.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

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

I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted to be great.

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.

When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.