greatness Quotes

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.