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.
Kahlil 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

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

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.
Lester Maddox

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
Mason Cooley

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
Marcus Garvey

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
Simone Weil

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.
Nelson Boswell

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
James Anthony Froude