Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
Maimonides

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Walter Scott

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
Jose Marti

Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.
Paul Tsongas

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world.
Rush Limbaugh

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.
Jane Porter

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
Khalil Gibran

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.
Elton Gallegly

Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent working hard and contributing to the greatness of our nation, every American should have a secure retirement.
Debbie Stabenow

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
Titus Livius

Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you.
Abu Bakr

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.
Horace Mann

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Daniel J. Boorstin

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.
Joseph Conrad

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.
Frank Dane

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
John W. Gardner

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.
Mitt Romney

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.
R. W. Apple, Jr.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Aristotle