Greatness Quotes
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"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."
"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."
"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."
"You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously."
"It takes a great man to be a good listener."
"There’s no reason to not be humble, because as great as you may be, you can always be greater."
"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."
"All the ideas in the universe can be described by words. Therefore, if you simply take all the words and rearrange them randomly enough times, you’re bound to hit upon at least a few great ideas eventually. Sausage donkey swallows flying guillotine, my love assembly line."
"Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances and start taking action towards the life you want. You have the power and the time to shape your life. Break free from the poisonous victim mentality and embrace the truth of your greatness. You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life!"
"How many seconds does it take to win second? As many as it takes to win first—if you don’t use them properly."
"Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness."
"Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter."
"If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.Love grows when people serve."
"Don't set your goals by what other people deem important."
"When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you."
"Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have."
"Be a King. Dare to be Different, dare to manifest your greatness."
"A confident woman wears a smile and has this air of comfortability and pleasantness about her."
"Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her."
"Don't die without fulfilling your purpose."
"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."
"Men love women who are courageous for it means they can go all the way with him in his pursuit of his good dreams and intentions."
"There are lots of great ideas in my book, but as a cohesive unit, my book is only held together with glue at the spine. Or it would be, if it weren’t an ebook."
"Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists."
"Dare to be different. Represent your maker well and you will forever abide in the beautiful embrace of his loving arms."
"God is never tired of bringing the sun out every morning, taking it in the evenings and bringing out the moon."
"Your words are powerful so what you say goes a long way to either establish or destroy you; this is why you should say things that God has said concerning you, not things that situations or circumstances say."
"One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes the US so great. That’s what freedom is all about."
"Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness"
"I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we are today."
"Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work"itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by his creations, often beyond recognition; the "work,"whether of the artist or the philosopher, invents the man who has created it, who is supposed to have create it; "great men,"as they are venerated, are subsequent pieces of wretched minor fiction"
"The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research."
"Don't call yourself discouraged anymore;it's no longer your name."
"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."
"An intelligent woman is a goldmine! She has the ability to learn, reason and understand things better and faster than her contemporaries. She is competent, alert and can reason out stuffs easily."
"An average man is egoistic, proud and has strong self esteem. They always require partners who massage their ego not those who will drag their ego to the mud."
"Though I think and speak of greater becoming, I, too, am an infinite work in progress."
"Weigh whatever you are about to say; what will it do to your hearer - encouragement, edification, disappointment or fear? What will it do to your life - glorify, edify, beautify or weigh you down? Speak well and things will go well."
"Don't let any situation intimidate you anymore, don't accept defeat anymore."
"Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them."
"When we are connected to the source, we will not be afraid of any task set before us."
"Dominate in your domain; You can do it."
"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."
"Whatever your passion is, keep doing it. Don't waste time chasing after success or comparing yourself to others. Every flower blooms at a different pace. Excel at doing what your passion is and only focus on perfecting it. Eventually people will see what you are great at doing, and if you are truly great, success will come chasing after you."
"You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear; you will reach your destination."
"You recreate your world to your taste with God's Word in your mouth."
"Patience is a virtue not a vice."
"Your decision not to join the crowd may be what God is waiting for to grant you revelation on how to deliver your family, your country, business, profession or even your church!"
"You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young."
"The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved."
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