“A great man is always willing to be little.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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.
“What is the greatest wonder? Day after day countless people die, yet those who remain believe they will live forever.”
The Mahabharata
LifeWisdom
“Of greatness and of littleness, a man's own deeds are the touchstone.”
Thiruvalluvar
ActionsCharacter
“Mother and motherland are greater than heaven.”
The Ramayana
MotherPatriotism
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
Confucius
KnowledgeHumility
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman
PositivityHope
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Epictetus
ContentmentWealth
“Ask not the caste of a sage; ask about his knowledge. Value the sword, and leave the sheath.”
Kabir
EqualityKnowledge
“Speak words that free you from pride; they bring calm to others and calm to yourself.”
Kabir
Kind WordsHumility
“Keep the pain of your heart hidden within; people will hear it and laugh, but no one will share it.”
Rahim
PrivacyLife Lessons
“The soul is never born, nor does it ever die; it is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. It is not slain when the body is slain.”
The Bhagavad Gita
SoulEternity
“For death is certain for one who is born, and birth is certain for one who dies; therefore, do not grieve over the inevitable.”
The Bhagavad Gita
AcceptanceGrief
“Yoga destroys all sorrow for one who is moderate in eating and recreation, balanced in work, and regular in sleep and waking.”
The Bhagavad Gita
BalanceHealth
“This Self cannot be attained by the weak.”
The Upanishads
StrengthSpirituality
“Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life.”
Kalidasa
Present MomentLife
“Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes.”
Swami Vivekananda
AcceptancePeace
“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.”
B. R. Ambedkar
EducationPurpose
“They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.”
Bhagat Singh
CourageIdeas
“Give me blood, and I will give you freedom!”
Subhas Chandra Bose
FreedomIndia
“Energy is man's true wealth; those without it are only trees in human form.”
Thiruvalluvar
EnergyEffort
“Effort brings fortune; the lack of it brings poverty.”
Thiruvalluvar
Hard WorkSuccess
“Like heron wait, with folded wing, when it is not your time; like heron strike when the time is ripe.”
Thiruvalluvar
PatienceTiming
“A crow will conquer an owl by day; a king who would conquer his foes must choose the right time.”
Thiruvalluvar
TimingStrategy
“To discern the true nature of each thing, whoever speaks of it, is wisdom.”
Thiruvalluvar
WisdomTruth
“The life of him who does not guard against faults before they come will perish like straw before fire.”
Thiruvalluvar
PreventionWisdom