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  • Some are born great, others achieve greatness.

  • We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

  • Every great business leader I've ever met, in addition to being very smart, very driven, they have this, 'Why not me? Screw it, I deserve it, let's go.' And if you don't have that, you can't achieve greatness.

  • No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

    Men   Greatness   History  
    On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic "The Hero as Divinity" (1841)
  • You don't achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely.

  • Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.

  • I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

    Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”
  • The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

    Henry Ford (1922). “Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn Independent”
  • A great man is always willing to be little.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Compensation and Self-Reliance”, p.23, Cosimo, Inc.
  • Other things being equal, it is the person who can lift his work up to the plane of the intuitional and inspiration who achieves greatness, both in his work and in his career.

    Stanwood Cobb (1967). “The importance of creativity”
  • Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

    'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]
  • The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

    Greatness   Doe   Sage  
    Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage
  • The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.

  • He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'

    Jobs   Greatness   Heaven  
    Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume
  • The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.

  • The starting point of all achievement is desire.

    Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.142, Penguin
  • There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.

  • I know that in South Africa, we were in that space, and we're still suffering from that space. And that was where a government very successfully convinced the majority of a population that every single person there was blocking the other people from achieving greatness in the country, only to realize that we were all being oppressed at the same time. That's one of the biggest things. And I'm proud to say that.

    Source: www.npr.org
  • No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

    John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.50, Hachette UK
  • Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

    "Book of Humorous Quotations" by Connie Robertson, (p. 29), 1998.
  • I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand

  • No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

  • There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings.

    Art   Attitude   Struggle  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

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

  • For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

    Letter to Theo van Gogh from The Hague, www.webexhibits.org. October 22, 1882.
  • I imagine, like all his predecessors, Barak Obama would like to achieve greatness in bringing peace in the Middle East. I hope it will not be at the expense of Israel.

    Source: www.algemeiner.com
  • Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

  • We can choose to allow our experiences to hold us back, and to not allow us to become great or achieve greatness in this life. Or we can allow our experiences to push us forward, to make us grateful for every day we have and to be all the more thankful for those who are around us.

  • Regardless of how much you enjoy your work, you must accept that everything won't come easily. No one has clear sailing on their voyage to success. You will always meet obstacles to overcome. The attainment of real success isn't based on the absence of problems, but the extraordinary ability to deal with problems. Indeed, you will find greatest satisfaction in overcoming the toughest of problems thrown your way. And only by overcoming great difficulties can you achieve greatness in this world.

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