“The great walks with the small without fear. The middling keeps aloof.”
Rabindranath Tagore
HumilityCharacter
Great Quotes
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Great Quotes
Read the best great quotes on greatness, ambition and achieving great things from Vivekananda, Kabir, Churchill, Carlyle, Lao Tzu, Thiruvalluvar and more.
“The accomplished scholar is not a utensil.”
Confucius
VersatilityWisdom
“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
Sun Tzu
StrategyWisdom
“The magnanimous man is one who thinks himself worthy of great things, being worthy of them.”
Aristotle
Self BeliefCharacter
“Greatness is free from pride; meanness rides on pride.”
Thiruvalluvar
HumilityPride
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”
Seneca
ChallengesSuccess
“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
DeterminationConfidence
“Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.”
Victor Hugo
UnityCourage
“Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.”
The Bible (Proverbs 25:6)
HumilityWisdom
“Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
The Bible (1 John 4:4)
FaithStrength
“Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
The Bible (Hebrews 12:1)
PerseveranceFaith
“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven.”
The Bible (Matthew 5:12)
JoyReward
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Julius Caesar
VictoryShort Quotes
“The men of lofty line, whose souls are mean, are never great; the lowly born, whose souls are lofty, are not mean.”
Thiruvalluvar
CharacterEquality
“With rising flood the rising lotus flower its stem unwinds; the dignity of men is measured by their minds.”
Thiruvalluvar
MindsetDignity
“Whate'er you ponder, let your aim be lofty still; fate cannot hinder, though it baffle oft.”
Thiruvalluvar
AmbitionGoals
“The great, once they begin a task, do not abandon it, though obstacles come again and again.”
Bhartrihari
PerseveranceDetermination
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke
ActionSmall Steps
“Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
The Bible (Matthew 18:4)
HumilityFaith
“For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.”
The Bible (Luke 1:49)
GratitudePraise
“Small things grow great by concord.”
Sallust
TeamworkUnity
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility.”
Saint Augustine
HumilityFoundations
“From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.”
Dante Alighieri
Small BeginningsInspiration
“Great thoughts reduced to practice become great actions.”
William Hazlitt
ActionIdeas
“The great vessel is the last to be completed.”
Lao Tzu
PatienceLate Bloomers