Greatness Quotes - Page 13

Greatness is never free; it must be earned.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

Greatness is won, not awarded.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

We offend God because we do not know His greatness.

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.

We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.

What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.

The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does.

Greatness exists like an ocean within you. Why do you want to act like a fish out of water, wriggling on the sand under the scorching sun? Look! The water is just one millimeter away! Jump in!

The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

The greatness of Marciano in the ring was defined by the way he prepared for a fight, his ability to punch and take a punch.

Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion.

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.

Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience.

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

You cannot demonstrate your own greatness by remaining at one extreme, but by reaching out to both extremes at the same time, and filling the intermediate space.

It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness.

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

Greatness lives on the edge of destruction

Some people are more talented than others. Some are more educationally privileged than others. But we all have the capacity to be great. Greatness comes with recognizing that your potential is limited only by how you choose, how you use your freedom, how resolute you are, in short, by your attitude. And we are all free to choose our attitude.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.