#greatness

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

What would have become of Hercules do you think if there had been no lion, hydra, stag or boar, and no savage and wild beasts to drive him into the arena?

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity.

The greatest events—they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.

Greatness of soul seems to be a sort of crown of the virtues; for it makes them greater, and it is not found without them.

No situation is devoid of the opportunity for greatness. Even in the depths of sorrow, the soul may manifest nobility.

Magnanimity despises everything in order to obtain everything.

Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

Have faith that you are born to do great things.

True greatness is humble; small minds alone are arrogant.

The true measure of greatness is humility in action.

Man's greatness is not in what he is, but in what he makes possible.

True greatness is humble, serene, and fearless.

The silence of the heights is the birthplace of greatness.

The measure of your greatness is the welfare of your people.

A nation's greatness rests on these five pillars: abundant health, ample wealth, good harvest, universal contentment, and unfailing security. (Kural 738)

Greatness is forgiving and uplifting those who have fallen; pettiness is gloating over their ruin. (Kural 978)

To be great is to be misunderstood.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Great men exist that there may be greater men.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

You are far greater than your knowledge, and more immense than your dreams.

The eagle does not stoop to hunt common flies.

Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

A person’s greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.