Greatness Quotes
2048 Greatness quotes by 1107 unique authors
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Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.
— Wallace D. Wattles
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Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Creativity means believing you have greatness.
— Wayne Dyer
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The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.
— Billy Mills
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It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
— Joseph Addison
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Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It…
— Phillips Brooks
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Every great man is unique.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of…
— Sherman Glenn Finesilver
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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
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Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.
— Brian Tracy
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You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.
— Robert Collier
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Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.
— Henry David Thoreau
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He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
— Bruce Lee
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Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.
— Carl Sandburg
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If you did not care at all what anyone else thought about you, what would you do differently or change in your life?
— Brian Tracy
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Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the…
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth…
— James C. Collins
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We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a…
— James C. Collins
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One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with…
— Peter Drucker
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Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it.…
— Magic Johnson
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I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.
— Michael Jordan
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The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more…
— Brian Tracy
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Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.
— Sam Walton
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If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all…
— Muhammad Yunus
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