Greatness
363 quotes: 64 by Keith Craft, 299 from other voices.
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- Men seldom die of hard work; activity is God's medicine. The highest genius is willingness and ability to do hard work. Any other conception of genius makes it a doubtful, if not a dangerous possession.
- Minorities lead and save the world, and the world knows them not till long afterwards.
- Much that is great starts small, ignorant, and useless. […] But today’s beginner is tomorrow’s master.Jordan PetersonCommonly attributed
- Nature makes merit but fortune sets it to work.
- No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty.George EliotSourced
- No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
- No man e’er was glorious, who was not laborious.
- No man ever yet became great by imitation.
- No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to his race, and that what God gives him, He gives him for mankind.
- No noble task was ever easy.
- No noble thing can be done without risks.
- No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.
- No single action creates, however it may exhibit, a man's character.
- Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world.
- Nothing can be truly great which is not right.
- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
- Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength.
- Obstacles are the cost of greatness.
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
- One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.Elbert HubbardSourced
- Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear
- Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.Jonas SalkSourced
- Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.
- People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
- Potential unexpressed turns to pain.
- Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power. And forbearance implies strength.
- Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
- Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves; without that the conqueror is only the first slave.
- Really true, good, and great things are always simple.
- Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it’s your turn.
- Say no to many good things so you can say yes to a few great things.Greg McKeownCommonly attributed
- Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.
- Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.Samuel JohnsonCommonly attributed
- Sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic.
- Small men may be envious of their fellows, but really great men seek out and love each other.
- Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
- Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that generation.