Great Quotes
Greatness is not a distant summit reserved for the few—it is a spark within every soul, waiting to be fanned into a blaze. Our collection of quotes about "Great" captures the raw, unvarnished truth of ambition, resilience, and the quiet power of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Here, you will discover wisdom that challenges you to rise from the ashes of failure, to find strength in vulnerability, and to redefine what it means to leave a mark on the world. Let these words fuel your journey, reminding you that greatness is not about perfection, but about the courage to begin.
Great Quotes (60)
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
— Eleanor Roosevelt"The price of greatness is responsibility."
— Winston Churchill"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."
— Washington Irving"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
— William Shakespeare"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
— Vince Lombardi"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
— Vincent Van Gogh"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
— Oprah Winfrey"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way."
— Napoleon Hill"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
— William Arthur Ward"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."
— Honore De Balzac"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
— Nelson Mandela"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
— William James"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them."
— Montesquieu"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
— Muhammad Ali"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
— Albert Einstein"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
— John F. Kennedy"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest."
— Charles Dickens"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
— Benjamin Disraeli"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
— Helen Keller"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
— Mahatma Gandhi"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time."
— Leonard Bernstein"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?"
— Henry David Thoreau"A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions."
— Marcus Aurelius"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth."
— Leo Tolstoy"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky"I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people."
— Huey Newton