#greatness

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek. ↗

— Jones Very

#bequeathed #converse #even #feel #greatness

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

#clear #efficient #greatness #imperfection #machines

If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#advance #am #artist #believe #big

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#few #greatness #people #some #some people

I want greatness. ↗

— Demi Moore

#i #want

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#gain #great #great men #greatness #lose

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness. ↗

— Demi Moore

#greatness #i #things #want

A president who believed that America's greatness is recoverable and expandable - a chief executive determined to lead us back to national restoration - would reject the crippling notions of national impotency that Obama has embraced. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#back #believed #chief #chief executive #crippling

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#appreciation #around #because #blames #country

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. ↗

— Titus Livius

#greatness #grown #humble #now #overwhelmed