Quotes on the topic: Greatness


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I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.


I want our leaders to lead our country to greatness, but President Obama and his misguided policies and ideology have really fundamentally changed our country in the wrong way, more so than any president in our history.


American greatness was elevated significantly after Sputnik.


The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.


Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.


Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.


The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.


Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.


Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.


No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.


If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you.


I love a song that will usher in the very presence of God. Then there's no Andrae; there's no fabulous band, there's no greatness of ours. I've had hundreds of concerts like that, and that's what I try to achieve.


The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.


You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.


Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.


This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.


Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.


Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.


The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.


Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you.