greatness Quotes

Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible... ...

“Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have been profoundly impressed by all I have heard of his work, but he is a... ...

“For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.”

“The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.”

"There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks."

"I wish to do something Great and Wonderful, but I must start by doing the little things like they were Great and Wonderful."

"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.