Greatness Quotes

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  Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 02, 2015

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• A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.

  Maya Angelou

  People, Leader, Ifs

  "Maya Angelou on Courage and Creativity". Interview with Alison Beard, hbr.org.

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• There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Passion, Athlete

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 06, 2017

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• Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

  William Arthur Ward

  Basketball, Character, Humility

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.4

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• If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

  Horace Mann

  Truth, Men, Forget

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• Greatness is a journey that begins with the impossible and turns in to the unforgettable.

  Miguel Torres

  Journey, Mma, Impossible

  Twitter post from Apr 28, 2013

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• Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

  Ayn Rand

  Dream, Happy Life, Waiting

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1850, Penguin

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• Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

  Charles Simmons

  Integrity, Steps, Firsts

  Charles Simmons (1852). “Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker”, p.275

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• Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

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• Creativity means believing you have greatness.

  Wayne Dyer

  Believe, Creativity, Mean

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• Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

  Aristotle

  Beauty, Beautiful, Gratitude

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  The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  As quoted in"Be Free!: Keys to Success and Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life" by Slavica Bogdanov, (p. 45), October 12, 2012.

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• Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Simple, Simplicity, Simplifying Life

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.100, Library of America

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• The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Real, Men, Feels

  1906 Charles Dickens, ch.1.

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Simple, Men, Secret

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• The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

  Jim Rohn

  Responsibility, Sacrifice, Joy

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jun 06, 2015

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing.

  Joshua L. Goldberg

  Squares, Corners

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• Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

  Athenaeus

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Doe

  Athenaeus (1854). “The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: With an Appendix of Poetical Fragments, Rendered Into English Verse by Various Authors and a General Index : in Three Volumes”, p.1003

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• I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Death, Kindness

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

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• All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.

  Albert Camus

  Creativity, New Beginnings, Bad Ass

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.12, Vintage

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