Your Greatness Quotes & Sayings

When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness. — Napoleon Hill

You should never fall in love with your own press clippings, because it is very much the nature of the beast that the same journalists who build you up between Monday and Friday tear you down for weekend fun ... My family's habit of living in the past seems to me pathological, even dangerous. If all greatness lies in the past, what is the point of the future? — Stephen L. Carter

Nature is the clearest source of solitude. The greatness of nature can overwhelm the insignificant chatter by which we measure most of our days. If you have the wisdom and the courage to go to nature alone, the larger rhythms, the eternal hum, will make itself known all the sooner. When you have found it, it will always be there for you. The peace without will become the peace within, and you will be able to return to it in your heart wherever you find yourself. — Kent Nerburn

Perhaps you don't desire poetry as much as you would like to have my torchy knowledge of your possible futures, but I dare say poetry will do you far more good. For knowing the future only makes you timid and complacent by turns, while poetry can shape you into the kind of souls who can face any future with boldness and wisdom and nobility, so that you need not know the future at all, so that any future will be an opportunity for greatness, if you have greatness in you. — Orson Scott Card

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness. — Stephen Vizinczey

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain

Hmmmm ... What God can't handle doesn't exist. Don't limit Him with your thoughts and words. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Use the powerful tool of thought and develop your mindset to believing and knowing you can change anything to your favour; yes, you have God's Word so fashion your thought according to God's Word. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

The closer you get to excellence in your life, the more friends you'll lose. People love you when you are average, because it makes them comfortable. But when you pursue greatness, it makes people uncomfortable. Be prepared to lose some people on your journey. — Tony Gaskins Jr.

Success is not about having a lot but about making the most of what you have. But success alone however will not necessarily make you fulfilled or happy. It is how you share your achievements with others to make their lives better that will. This is called greatness. It is about living life with a purpose beyond self and family. — Tony Meloto

You can cream your dream by enriching your thought with clean and desirable things. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

The measure of your greatness is not by the narrowness of your beliefs, but by the broadness of your vision. — Debasish Mridha

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being. — Pope John Paul II

Your identity or potentials need to develop relevance, get education, possess content, technical improvement to be relevant to time and the present context. The anointing of yesterday will not do for the work of today. — Ikechukwu Joseph

When you serve the humanity with compassion and kindness,
You express your spontaneous love and inner greatness. — Debasish Mridha

Greatness and fiasco is the same. You're reaching for something just out of your grasp, and if you get it, it's great, and if you don't, it's a disaster. — Noah Hawley

If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you. — Alan Armstrong

You must learn everything that will help you achieve your goals — Sunday Adelaja

To be truly great and greatly true
Is to align your thoughts, words and actions in all you do — George Akomas Jr

I wound up writing a review that asserted her greatness but also said that this was not her career album, and that she could and would do even better than this.

I was in Atlanta, late at night, leaving a piano bar (don't ask), when my cell phone rang and I distractedly picked it up.

'Hello?'

'Peter Cooper?'

The words came out as one: 'Petercooper?'

'Yes.'

'You better get your ass over here right now.'

'Who is this?'

'Petercooper, it's Leeannwomack. Where the hell are you?'

'I'm in Atlanta?'

'Why?'

That one was hard to answer. I paused to ponder.

'Doesn't matter. Get your sorry ass over here right now.'

'I can't. I'm in Atlanta.'

'Well, get in your car and drive to Nashville. 'Cause I'm gonna give you three swift kicks to the groin. — Peter Cooper

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

Transcend your doubts.
Transcend your fears.
Transcend your weaknesses.
Transcend your limits. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A 20/20 mindset eradicates any source of fear, doubt, and uncertainty. It produces a balanced life in which you are living your purpose and being fueled with your passion. You are connected directly to the source of greatness. Success is then a graceful gift. — Farshad Asl

This is for you, for your breath, whose absence would lessen a greater world. — Shaun Hick

Your place in life is not fixed by heredity. — Wallace D. Wattles

How far you go in life and in your career is dependent on how far you can think good thoughts! — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

With eyes of faith consider the greatness of your mission and the wonderful amount of good which you can accomplish. — Basil Moreau

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. — Les Brown

Don't neglect these tools in your journey : an eye to look and see and to differentiate flowers from leaves, a mind to comprehend and be focused, ears to listen and hear, a heart to understand what is truly worth our time and what not to give attention to, and a good strength to dare unceasingly in wit and with courage, focusing on only the true factors of the matters that truly matter for distinctive footprints in the end! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Utilizing all of your mind is a step towards brilliance.
Utilizing all of your heart is a step towards excellence.
Utilizing all of your soul is a step towards nobleness.
Utilizing all of your mind, heart, and soul is a step towards greatness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Do not look at your weakness or your small size; look at the Lord and His greatness that He will demonstrate through you. You now have the authority to tear down the strongholds of the enemy and to make New Zealand a fortress of righteousness. — Rick Joyner

The best way to describe your total creative capacity is to say that for all practical purposes it is infinite. — George Leonard

Wanting to win races is detrimental to courage. You tend to run too conservatively because you want to wait and sprint. If you are there to force the pace, to CREATE greatness rather than to have greatness, Courageous moves are a part of your race. — Gerry Lindgren

I'm not falling anymore. That's what L says, and she's right.
I guess you could say I'm flying. We both are.
And I'm pretty sure somewhere up there in the real blue sky and carpenter bee greatness, Amma's flying, too.
We all are, depending on how you look at it. Flying or falling, it's up to us.
Because the sky isn't really made of blue paint, and there aren't just two kinds of people in this world, the stupid and the stuck. We only think there are. Don't waste your time with either-with anything. It's not worth it. — Kami Garcia

I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that force us to try harder, dig deeper and to discover gifts we never knew we had. To find the greatness that lies within each of us. So don't ever shy away from that endeavor. Don't stop adding to your body of work. I can promise that you will be the better for that continued effort as will be this nation that we all love. — Barack Obama

You can only exceed your limits if you've discovered them. — Roel Van Sleeuwen

You are the guardian and custodian of your heart, remember this always! — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you - alas, it is true of almost every one of us! — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

Harness your mind's power
and you can reach the mountaintop.
Harness your heart's power
and you can reach the stars.
Harness your soul's power
and you can reach the edge of the universe. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Let others see their own greatness when looking in your eyes. — Mollie Marti

You've got to keep your body active, even if that means just turning on some music and dancing for an hour ... That's how you;ll prepare your bodies and your minds for greatness. — Michelle Obama

If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness. — Martin Luther King Jr.

There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Do not give yourself another excuse to put off making up your mind. You know in your heart of hearts that once you do that you have got to act.
You owe it to the world, your family and most importantly, to yourself to live a life of no regrets. Stop worrying about what other people will think, say, or do. You only have one life. LIVE IT now. You have GREATNESS within you!! — Les Brown

Your success and significance in life is tied to the unleashing of the greatness in you. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

You're allowed to practice humility while also owning your greatness. Don't you dare minimize your greatness. — Erica Alex

Your greatest actions are those that meet another's greatest need. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Your thought should be creative and not destructive; it should be full of hope and faith for a more excellent future. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent. — Italo Svevo

What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?
I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy-a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. — Frederick Douglass

Acknowledge yourself for your greatness and your instincts and know that you always do your best even when the outcomes don't appear that way. — Malti Bhojwani

Let your life be guided by greatness — Matthew Kelly

What's that around your neck?" asked Emily.
"It's a golden star." Said Reed.
"What did you get it for?"
"Chemistry class."
"What's the star for?" the shadow asked, Usually stars represent a straight A student.
"You get it for having greatness. But Emily doesn't know what that is." He said, answering the shadows question and looking at Emily.
"Greatness, what's greatness?" Emily asked, all wide eyed, and clueless looking
"It's when you do really awesome stuff, and people recognize you for it."
"Oh, no" Emily laughed ."No, I don't know what that is. — Rumi Antoinette

The power which is in you, is in the things around you, and when you begin to move forward by faith, the things will arrange themselves for your advantage. — Wallace D. Wattles

Each one of us holds the promise of greatness within our heart, minds, and souls. Our potential and where it leads us are as unique as our fingerprints, yet the way to access what is possible is universal. Affirm your life; find joy every day, even in the mundane; and embrace your strengths and use them better yourself and the world. — Marianna Olszewski

Wherefore, as I have said to you, I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of the humble and immaculate Lamb, My only-begotten Son, may be administered to you. — St. Catherine Of Siena

Greatness has a fragrance. Get close to it and that fragrance will arouse your potential. — Mensah Oteh

What defines greatness is when you hold all the records and what you mean to your fans, on and off the field, because that is who ranks you as the greatest receiver of all-time. The guy that holds all the records, the guy that has set the stage for all of us, you have to give it to Jerry Rice. — Donald Driver

Are you living up to your potential? God made you with potential - potential for greatness! If you do what you can do, and trust Him to do what you can't, you will grow into the person He gave you the potential to be! — Joyce Meyer

Structure your thought pattern to what you want to achieve and who you want to become. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

As the morning sun rises bringing needed light to our world ... let me worship you Lord and as the moon illuminates the darken night skies ... let me sing a praise of your greatness! — Timothy Pina

Stars shine even for those who refuse to look up. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own. — Alan Cohen

All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you wield a sword, a claw, a tooth or a tail. It is true, you must be capable with your weapon, but anyone with the time, and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness, and it is those qualities that the best warriors share, even if, on the surface, they appear completely different. — Christopher Paolini

If He (God) is invisible, how does He know what He looks like?'
"The Torah tells us He has made man in His own image, after His likeness, and therefore He does but glance at you, my son, and sees Himself. — Noah Gordon

The secret to success: Don't stop to admire yourself too often. I only stopped to admire my work after I wrote eight books, before that, I never once admired myself for accomplishing anything in my profession. Don't stop to admire yourself too much, instead, admire people who have achieved more than you have, because that gives you something to keep on looking forward to. But when the time comes that you should take a look at the greatness you have done, make sure you take a really long and hard good look at it! Make sure you know your own greatness. — C. JoyBell C.

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus. — John C. Maxwell

Chant back to us our platitudes about democracy, greatness, and freedom. Vote in our rigged corporate elections. Send your young men and women to fight and die in useless, unwinnable wars that provide huge profits for corporations. — Chris Hedges

Don't be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it. — Rebecca Maizel

Open your eyes. Block all escape routes. Eliminate all noise. The common will capture your attention as long as it's allowed in the room. Whatever you are used to, whether cigarettes, shopping, or Twitter, must be eliminated in the quest to get into the ring. You must make a sacrifice on the altar of greatness and perform acts that others will not. If you aren't willing to sacrifice your comfort, you don't have what it takes. — Julien Smith

When you do great things, Expect greater things. None of your works are done in vain. You will achieve what you set forth to accomplish! — Amaka Imani Nkosazana

You can achieve great things by utilizing your God-given talent — Sunday Adelaja

100% of a Guru's marketing plan depends on you holding the belief that you are not enough; that you were created less equipped than necessary to fulfill your purpose. What if you let go of that belief and connected with the truth of your innate power to change and shape your life? You ARE enough. You CAN change and shape your own life. Anyone who tells you different is simply lying. Your life has immeasurable potentiality for greatness; act accordingly. — Steve Maraboli

Use your hater to make you greater! — Habeeb Akande

If we all counted our blessings and then shared them with our neighbors, near and far, all our lives would be richer. — Janet Autherine

Swing your swing. Not some idea of a swing. Not a swing you saw on TV. Not that swing you wish you had. No, swing your swing. Capable of greatness. Prized only by you. Perfect in it's imperfection. Swing your swing. I know, I did. — Arnold Palmer

Let your greatness bloom. — Nelson Mandela

If I could give one message to the bullied, it would be this: You are not alone. You are strong. You have a voice. You are beautiful. You are intelligent. There are many kids who want to speak up for you, but they don't because they are afraid of becoming bullied themselves. There are many of us in the world who love you. I love you. You have the power to end this now. That power is in your voice. Find it. Once you use your voice, bullies want no part of you. If you feel that you lack the courage, fake it until you do. Finally, I know it's hard to see a life that exists beyond high school. It is there, and it is beautiful. — Dan Pearce

You got the makings of greatness in you, but you gotta take the helm and chart your own course! Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes, you'll get the chance to really test the cut of your sails and show what you're made of! And... well, I hope I'm there, catching some of the light coming off you that day. — John Silver

If becoming your most extraordinary self doesn't inspire you,
if claiming your greatness doesn't get you moving in the morning,
if you don't think you are worthy of going after your best life,
then dedicate this year to someone else and make it your best for them. — Debbie Ford

You can achieve your set-goals by God's grace — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'd think there are degrees of greatness," Adam said.
"I don't think so," said Samuel. "That would be like saying there is a little bigness. No. I believe when you come to that responsibility - that hugeness - you are alone to make your choice. On one side you have warmth and companionship and sweet understanding, and on the other cold, lonely greatness. There you make your choice. I'm glad I chose mediocrity, but how am I to say what reward might have come with the other? — John Steinbeck

The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of the world and of yourself. Great art changes you. — Wendy Beckett

Rise to the challenge of bringing your dreams to life! Do not be discouraged by resistance, be nourished by it. Success is the experience of rising to the level of your true greatness. — Steve Maraboli

Do not be afraid of competition; strap on your armor, and fight for greatness. — Myself

Always give your best; today's great work is tomorrow's benchmark. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Your greatness is measured by your kindness. — William J.H. Boetcker

You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that. — J.K. Rowling

There are two kinds of spirit; either light or darkness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task. — Charles R. Swindoll

The starting place for your greatness is desire. The desire to succeed, to serve others, to keep on going no matter what; the desire to... — Assegid Habtewold

When you use your mind to its highest potential,
people will respect you.
When you use your heart to its highest potential,
people will praise you.
When you use your soul to its highest potential,
people will honor you.
When you use your life to its highest potential,
people will immortalize you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You do not need to import greatness from another; you just need to act on your own. — Alan Cohen

Don't look to anyone else to validate your greatness; they never able to capture everything that make you shine. — LaToya Hankins

The level of happiness you experience through your interactions depends on the quality of your walk in love. — Mensah Oteh

Fear not the phantom of death,
My Countrymen, for his greatness
And mercy will refuse to approach
Your smallness; and dread not the
Dagger, for it will decline to be
Lodged in your shallow hearts. — Kahlil Gibran

You have All it takes to be Great, See the unseen, Give the Good in your hand now to Activate that Great Grace for Greatness. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Don't limit yourself by what you've achieved. All your past achievements are only stepping stones for the greatness to come. — LaShawnda Jones

Gather all your effort to achieve a single goal and you will be bound to succeed — Sunday Adelaja

If you wait until all the lights are 'green' before you leave home, you'll never get started on your trip to the top. — Zig Ziglar