Greatness Quotes That Will Make You Think About Achieving Greatness

No one is born great, but everyone has the potential to be great. Here are some quotes about greatness to inspire you to achieve your full potential:

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -Steve Jobs

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

– William Shakespeare

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”

– Oprah Winfrey

“A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.”

– James E. Faust

“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.”

– Leo Tolstoy

“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.”

– Khalil Gibran

“The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.”

– Myles Munroe

“Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that’s left is The Extraordinary.”

– Robin S. Sharma

“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”

– George Bernard Shaw

“When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.”

– Tecumseh

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.”

– Daniel J. Boorstin

“I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.”

– Jonathan Swift

“Everyone has their own greatness. Whether you reach your own greatness depends on your environment, your structure, the company you keep and your attitude.”

– Ed Reed

“The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.”

– William Booth

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”

– Dwayne Johnson

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

– Winston Churchill

“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”

– Zig Ziglar

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

– Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”

– Henry Ward Beecher

“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”

– Jim Rohn

“Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.”

– Aristotle

“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.”

– Grenville Kleiser

“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”

– Isaac Bashevis Singer

“No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.”

– William Hazlitt

“The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace… a representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.”

– Minoru Yamasaki

“Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.”

– Horace Mann

“Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.”

– Marianne Williamson

“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves – or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.”

– Ayn Rand

“Many have forged a path to greatness lit only by a vision in their minds.”

– Chris Gardner

“Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.”

– Edwin Louis Cole

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

– Frederick Douglass

“I always say fitness is the first step to greatness. And I try to encourage my fans to be on the same page as that. Because fitness is the first step to setting a habit that you necessarily don’t want to do but are still committed to doing every single day. And so I think that’s why I always, always try to get a workout in.”

– Jake Paul

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”

– Bob Marley

“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”

– Coretta Scott King

“Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.”

– Blaise Pascal

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.”

– Robert Kennedy

“Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That’s the greatness of this country.”

– Rafael Cruz

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

– John Buchan

“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.”

– Dorothy Height

“Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as ‘Western Civilization,’ long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.”

– John Henrik Clarke

“Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted – folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.”

– Michelle Obama

“In art, at a certain level, there is no ‘better than.’ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.”

– Frank Ocean

“Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.”

– Lionel Richie

“Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you’ll never know. I truly believe what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.”

– Danica Patrick

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

– Wilma Rudolph

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

– Alexis de Tocqueville

“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.”

– Marcus Garvey

“Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.”

– Mike Tyson

“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.”

– Anne Frank

“You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.”

– Les Brown

“The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.”

– Phillips Brooks

“There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.”

– Abu Bakr

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”

– Elbert Hubbard

“Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.”

– Marina Abramovic

“The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.”

– Nelson Boswell

“No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.”

– Charles Kendall Adams

“I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.”

– Michael Jordan

“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.”

– Edgar Allan Poe

“What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.”

– Jim Valvano

“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”

– Zig Ziglar

“Greatness is a choice.”

– Nike

“You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.”

– Les Brown

“Whoever renders service to many, puts himself in line for greatness.”

– Jim Rohn

“When you are destined for greatness, it shows in everything you do. It becomes you. Greatness becomes you.”

– Lorii Myers

“Give yourself permission to step into your greatness.”

– Dave Gambrill

“Men are only as great as they are kind.”

– Elbert Hubbard

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.”

– Henry Ward Beecher

“Greatness is a spiritual condition.”

– Matthew Arnold

“You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.”

– James Allen

“Greatness, it’s your destiny.”

– Dr Tony Evans

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”

– Oprah Winfrey

“Greatness exists in all of us.”

– Will Smith

“Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.”

– Samuel Johnson

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

– Albert Einstein

“We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.”

– Jean Baudrillard

“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

“Stop at nothing, achieve greatness.”

– Muscle&Anger

“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . . ”

– Mario Puzo

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

“You can be good, or you can be great. Why not strive for greatness.”

– Roxie Fine

“A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation.”

– Benjamin Disraeli

“You have greatness within you.”

– Les Brown

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

– William Shakespeare

“We are what we repeatedly do. Greatness then, is not an act, but a habit.”

– Aristotle

“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

“A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility.”

– James E. Faust

“Sometimes people forget their own greatness.”

– Jason Mraz

“Creativity means believing you have greatness.”

– Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

“Your greatness was meant to be shared with the world. Not hidden within yourself.”

– Robin Sharma

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

– Seneca

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”

– Helen Keller

“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.”

– Charles de Montesquieu

“There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.”

– William F. Halsey

“The only thing standing between me and greatness, is me.”

– Woddy Allen

“Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions.”

– Benjamin Disreal

“No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe.”

– Harry Gray

“There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.”

– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

“The greatness of a man is not how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”

– Bob Marley

“Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.”

– John L. Motley

“The first step toward greatness is, to be honest.”

– Anonymous

“Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve.”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

“Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service and character.”

– William Arthur Ward

“I used my pain to push me to greatness.”

– Eric Thomas

“No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams.”

– Roy Bennett

“We must choose greatness, greatness doesn’t choose us.”

– FreshExchange

“God has planted greatness in you. Let today be the beginning of a great adventure as you step into the gifts he’s given you.”

– Joyce Meyer

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”

– Bob Marley

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

― Albert Einstein

“You can’t cost-cut your way to greatness.”

– Ruth Porat

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.”

― Roy T. Bennett

6.”Great men are not born great, they grow great”

― Mario Puzo

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”

— Dwayne Johnson

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

– Winston Churchill

“To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”

— Michael Jordan

“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”

— Zig Ziglar

“No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.”

— William Hazlitt

“Discover the traits that makes you great and develop those to become all you can be.”

— Demond Jackson

“The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who’ve been great in their service to others.”

– Denis Waitley

“Greatness is attainable. Greatness is multiple small achievements built over a period of time.”

— Lee David Daniels

“Nothing can hold you back from your great desires, dreams and aspirations as fear of failure.”

— Donald Allen

“Overcome your fear of failure, so it doesn’t stop you from achieving greatness.”

— Matthew Turner,

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”

– Will Rogers

“We become what we expect to become. Greatness can be achieved only if we expect it from ourselves and from others!”

— James Ericson

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“‘Desiderata’ is one good example of a poem which will provide you with inspiration to achieve greatness in life.”

— Ashley Rosebloom

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“Big dreams create the magic that stir men’s souls to greatness.”

— Bill McCartney

“If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?”

— Lee Strasberg

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

“The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.”

— Simone Weil

“True greatness consists in being great in little things.”

— Charles Simmons

“Failure is success if we learn from it.”

— Malcolm Forbes

“It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.”

– Ellen DeGeneres

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”

– John F. Kennedy

“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.”

– Eloise Ristad

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”

– Truman Capote

“You have to be able to accept failure to get better.”

– Lebron James

“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you’re not innovating enough.”

– Elon Musk

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

– Og Mandino

“You are not the only one who has failed. Many others have lost. In fact, some of them have managed to do great things because of their share of failures and losses.”

– Jeffrey Lehman

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

– Thomas A. Edison

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

– Napoleon Hill

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

— Henry Ford

“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is to not taking risks.”

— Mark Zuckerberg

“Victory has a hundred fathers, but failure is an orphan.” — John F. Kennedy

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

– Samuel Beckett

“In any case, you must not confuse a single failure with a final defeat.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”

— James Cameron

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”

― Elbert Hubbard

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

— Beverly Sills

“There is no failure. Only feedback.”

— Robert Allen

“To achieve great things we must live as if we were never going to die.”

— Marquis de Vauvenargues

“If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.”

— Alan Lewis

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

― Nelson Mandela

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

― Dale Carnegie

“If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.”

― Jesse Jackson

“Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

― Conrad Hilton

“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.”

― Gena Showalter

“Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”

― Vince Lombardi

“It’s perseverance that’s the key. It’s persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.”

– Lynn Davies

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

– Albert Einstein

“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.”

— Edmund Hillary

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