Greatness Quotes
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Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.
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Your greatness is measured by your kindness.
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I'm sure you know a lot of people who were born into privilege and amounted to absolutely nothing. We all have greatness within us. So it is really important for everyone to figure out what God put us on Earth to do, and steer clear of the seven pervasive lies that often blindside people.
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Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Believe in your own potential for greatness.
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Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.
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The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of the world and of yourself. Great art changes you.
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It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.
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If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
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The greatness of being an artist is the kind of ridiculous guffaw you can have at one's own misery. 'That was miserable! Now how can I write about it?'
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Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.
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Tap into that one fear that drives greatness - the fear of regret.
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Humility is not self deprecating, rather it is the quiet internal confidence allowing you to accept things as they are, especially yourself; that epiphany opens the way to personal greatness.
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Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.
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Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn't allow you to achieve greatness and results. It's the day-to-day consistency of providing value to your audience.
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Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
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In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity
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Your relationships will either make you or break you and there is no such thing as a neutral relationship. People either inspire you to greatness or pull you down in the gutter, it’s that simple. No one fails alone, and no one succeeds alone.
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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
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As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
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No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strength and athletic proportion.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
