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Adolf HitlerThere is a better chance of seeing a camel pass through the eye of a needle than of seeing a really great man 'discovered' through an election.

—  Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator

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TalleyrandLove of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

—  Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat

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H.L. MenckenIf the average man is made in God's image, then such a man as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Friedrich NietzscheThe Greeks are interesting and extremely important because they reared such a vast number of great individuals. How was this possible? This question is one which ought to be studied.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Otto von BismarckA really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

—  Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor

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Albert EinsteinTaken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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NapoleonIf I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Arthur SchopenhauerGreat men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Oscar WildeEvery great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Harry TrumanThe President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.

—  Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953]

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Winston ChurchillThe price of greatness is responsibility.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Oliver W. Holmes Sr.The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

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Benjamin DisraeliLife is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Paul ValeryA great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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George Bernard ShawGreatness is one of the sensations of littleness.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Zig ZiglarYou don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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H.L. MenckenIt is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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William ShakespeareBe not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Twelfth Night

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NapoleonGreatness is nothing unless it be lasting.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Karl MarxPrometheus is the most eminent saint and martyr in the philosophical calendar.

—  Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher

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Friedrich NietzscheWe cannot help but see Socrates as the turning-point, the vortex of world history.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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ConfuciusThe Superior Man is aware of righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

—  Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher

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ConfuciusThe superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

—  Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher

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Benjamin DisraeliNurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Charles de GaulleFrance cannot be France without greatness.

La France ne peut être la France sans la grandeur.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecDo not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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VauvenarguesIn order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

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André MalrauxChanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

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Susan SontagI like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

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Alfred TennysonThe greater man the greater courtesy.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Winston ChurchillGood and great are seldom in the same man.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Ambrose BierceIf you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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Ayn RandWhat is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Ayn RandAristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Charles de GaulleNothing great is done without great men, and they are great because they wanted it.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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Charles de GaulleGreatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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John MiltonOur greatness will appear
Then most conspicuous, when great things of small,
Useful of hurtful, prosperous of adverse,
We can create.

—  John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet

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Victor HugoYou thought I was a tide and I was a deluge!

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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John WoodenThe main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

—  John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach

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Baltasar GracianThe path to greatness is along with others.

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

Thomas CarlyleAll greatness is unconscious, or it is little and naught.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Thomas CarlyleA great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Ambrose BierceIf you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

Muhammad AliI'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

—  Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, American boxer

Muhammad AliI am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

—  Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, American boxer

Orson WellesNobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

—  Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director

John SteinbeckIt is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

Jean RostandGreatness, to be recognized, must often consent to imitate greatness.

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

Muhammad AliIt's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.

—  Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, American boxer

Jean de La BruyèreTrue greatness is free, kind, familiar and popular; it lets itself be touched and handled, it loses nothing by being seen at close quarters; the better one knows it, the more one admires it.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Jean de La BruyèreFrom time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and whose outstanding qualities shed a stupendous light.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Bernard BaruchI have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

André MalrauxThere are no heroes without an audience.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

William Hazlitt A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt Those people who are always improving never become great. Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt No really great man ever thought himself so.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Anatole FranceThe first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Robert Louis StevensonThe time would fail me if I were to recite all the big names in history whose exploits are perfectly irrational and even shocking to the business mind.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Joseph De MaistreNothing great has great beginnings.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

Pierre Claude BoisteThe great would not think themselves demigods if the little did not worship them.

—  Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer

Salvador DaliPainting is the visible side of the iceberg of my thinking.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

Gabriel Garcia MarquezIf you're going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones... After all, there are better ways to starve to death.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Ernest RenanHe whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.

—  Ernest Renan, 1823-1892, French philosopher & historian

Jules VerneNothing great has happened that is not exaggerated hope.

—  Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer

Gabriele D’ AnnunzioThe world is the reflection of the intelligence and the thinking of a few superior people.

—  Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet

Gottfried LeibnitzThe greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

—  Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician

Quotes in Verse

Alfred TennysonTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Sri AurobindoThe great are strongest when they stand alone,
A God-given might of being is their force.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Ancient Greek

AesopOne, but a lion.

Είς, αλλά λέων.

—  Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist

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