Greatness Quotes
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When I started my podcast, 'The School of Greatness,' one of the top three people I wanted to get on the show was Tony Robbins.
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I think there are more religious overtones in music because these artists want to be connected to greatness. What is greater or higher than God himself?
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I don't need to be in a comfortable spot to achieve greatness. I fight for it no matter what.
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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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If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
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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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Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man, but it is the enemy of greatness.
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Believe in your own potential for greatness.
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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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He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.
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Tap into that one fear that drives greatness - the fear of regret.
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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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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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Your greatness is measured by your kindness.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
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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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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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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No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
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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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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 starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important, and nothing that works faster than for you to cast off your own limitations than for you to begin dreaming and fantasizing about the wonderful things that you can become, have, and do.
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It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.
