Greatness
363 quotes: 64 by Keith Craft, 299 from other voices.
Other voices on Greatness
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
- We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.Stevie WonderSourced
- We don’t achieve the greatest heights by stepping on the backs of our opponents, but rather by putting our teammates on our shoulders.Robyn BenincasaSourced
- We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowSourced
- We should not judge of a man's merit by his great abilities, but by the use he makes of them.
- We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.
- We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?
- What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
- What men want is not talent; it is purpose.
- When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.
- When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.
- Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.
- Where there is great love there are always miracles.
- Wherever we see a great human life in progress, in the production of notable results, we may always know that there is something within it which drives it, —a motive-power.
- While you can buy your way to growth, you absolutely cannot buy your way to greatness.
- Whoever will be great must render great service.
- Worth begets in base minds envy; in great souls, emulation.
- You are as big as the level of adversity you conquer.
- You can always do more than you think you can.
- You can only become great at that thing you're willing to sacrifice for.
- You can trust yourself into greatness, or you can doubt yourself into oblivion. You can trust yourself into excellence, or you can doubt yourself into mediocrity. You can trust yourself into victory, or you can doubt yourself into defeat.
- You cannot put a great hope into a small soul.
- You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.
- You don't do the world any favors by playing small.
- You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.
- You don’t have to do something huge to make a huge difference.
- You have seeds of greatness on the inside.Joel OsteenCommonly attributed
- You have something special. You have greatness in you. You have the ability to do more than you can ever begin to imagine.
- You must judge a man's greatness by how much he will be missed.
- You never see anything great over your back fence.
- You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
- You think you are going to be made great by an office, but remember that if you are not great before you get the office, you won’t be great when you secure it.
- You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
- You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration
- Your greatest ministry innovation could come from your greatest limitation - if you have a sincere passion to reach and care for people.Craig GroeschelCommonly attributed
- Your greatness is measured by your kindness.
- Your potential, the absolute best you're capable of—that's the metric to measure yourself against.
- Your present field may be limited, but you are not limited by your field. Great men have sprung from the furrows and have grown up with the pumpkins.
- Your sense of self-worth should not come from the chance of your birth, but from the things you accomplish. You cannot be born great, you can only become great.
- Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely due to bravery – courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.