Quotes about Greatness

You must ask, "What do we mean by great results?" Your goals don't have to be quantifiable, but they do have to be describable. Some leaders try to insist, "The only acceptable goals are measurable," but that's actually an undisciplined statement. Lots of goals—beauty, quality, life change, love—are worthy but not quantifiable. But you do have to be able to tell if you're making progress.

Most times a person grows up gradually, but I found myself in a hurry... Hoping to find an answer, I uncovered an article about the common goldfish. "Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish will double, triple, or quadruple in size." It occurred to me then that I was intended for larger things. After all, a giant man can't have an ordinary-sized life.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender

Between knowing and doing there is a great gap. Those who are willing to cross the gap find their greatness.   

You were chosen by the Universe as an expression of Its greatness.  Yet, with every thought and with every action, you must choose greatness or something less.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

The price of greatness is that we continue to expand what we do best, putting aside what we do well, especially if what we do well is expected by others.

Make each day your masterpiece.

In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

Greatness follows those who lead the way.

I AM GOD's GREAT IDEA, AND I AM READY TO UNFOLD MY GREATNESS! I take this bold statement of Truth with me every day, and I allow it to become my reality.  I have dared to envision a preferable future.  I get excited just thinking that no matter what I want for myself, it is only a tiny glimpse of what God has in store for me.

Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

A Higher Purpose

We are all capable of greatness when we know without any doubt that we are directly connected to a higher purpose.

Andrew Cohen

Greater is he who acts from love than he who acts from fear.

On Phil Spector (Producer): "…he buried the lead and he cannot stop himself from doing that…if you listen to his records in sequence, the lead goes further and further in and to me what he is saying is, 'It is not the song...just listen to those strings. I want more musicians, it's me."

The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface.

Greatness is above all else, a state of mind. You need to believe in your potential and power before you can bring them to life. You need to feel like you are extraordinary before you can become extraordinary. I call this "emotional blueprinting." To see spectacular results in your external life, you have to emotionally--viscerally--create a blueprint of your vision within your inner life.

It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

The unseen energy that was once in Shakespeare or Picasso or Galileo or any human form, is also available to all of us. That is because the spirit energy does not die, it simply changes form.

Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

Act without doing;
work without effort.
Think of the small as large
and the few as many.
Confront the difficult
while it is still easy;
accomplish the great task
by a series of small acts.

The Master never reaches for the great;
thus she achieves greatness.
When she runs into a difficulty,
she stops and gives herself to it.
She doesn't cling to her own comfort;
thus problems are no problem for her.

The great Tao flows everywhere.
All things are born from it,
yet it doesn't create them.
It pours itself into its work,
yet it makes no claim.
It nourishes infinite worlds,
yet it doesn't hold on to them.
Since it is merged with all things
and hidden in their hearts,
it can be called humble.
Since all things vanish into it
and it alone endures,
it can be called great.
It isn't aware of its greatness;
thus it is truly great.

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

Do you measure your greatness more by your gifts or your possessions?

The problem with Generation X isn't fear of success, but fear of greatness.

“To give style” to one's character - a great and rare art! He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in strength and weakness and then moulds it to an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason, and even the weaknesses delight the eye.

Every man I meet was in some way my superior.

Everybody can be great....because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. your don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.