Famous Quotes about Ordinary and Greatness

1. The most outstanding things are often the most difficult to understand. ——Ingersoll

2. The greatest people are not those who despise the small things in daily life, but those who pay careful attention to these things and improve them. ——Smiles

3. The most profound truth is the most ordinary truth. ——Tolstoy

4. Only ordinary life is real life. In fact, authenticity is only possible when it is far away from pretense or idiosyncrasy. —— Fedila

5. Real great men are often ordinary; their actions are neither artificial nor pretentious. ——Klingkel

6. The hidden disease of reality is insignificance, and the hidden disease of greatness is hypocrisy. ——France

7. To achieve a big thing, you must start from small things. ——Lenin

8. Greatness and prominence do not mean excellence. ——Milton

9. A great undertaking requires determination, ability, organization and a sense of responsibility. ——Ibsen

10. Great goals form great characters. ——Edmus

11. A great soul often lives in an ordinary body. ——Britain

12. Great discoverers are not necessarily great men. Who changed the world more than Columbus? Who is he? An adventurer, he has character, it is true, but he is not a great man. ——Freud

2016. Great talent is more unusual than great success. ——Wowe Nag

2016. People who accomplish great things are not great at first. ——Emerson

15. What is a great life? It is a great life to realize your childhood aspirations before you die. ——Pooh

16. Say less nice words and do more ordinary things. ——Lenin

17. A sharp edge emerges from a dull stone, a bright fire emerges from a dark wood, a precious pearl emerges from a humble clam, and a beautiful jade emerges from an ugly raw material. ——Ge Hong

18. If you are great, you will not feel insignificant in any job. —— Joe McDonald

19. The biggest shortcoming of ordinary people is that they often feel that they are better than others. ——Franklin

20. You cannot expect to be great and comfortable at the same time. ——Barry

21. Without simplicity, kindness and truth, there would be no greatness. ——Tolstoy

22. Anyone who is careless about the truth in small matters will not be trustworthy in big matters. ——Einstein

23. For ordinary people, being ordinary is happiness. ——Nietzsche

24. When we are greatly humbled, it is the time when we are closest to greatness. ——India