No person is born great. Great people become great when others are sleeping. — African Proverbs
you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. — Les Brown
Greatness is the result of visionaries who persevere, focus, believe, and prepare. It is a habit, not a birthright. — Lewis Howes
True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time. — Howard W. Hunter
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day. — Ray Lewis
Greatness is not a measure of how great you are but how great others came to be because of you — Cus D'Amato
From small beginnings come great things. — Proverbs
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself! — Marcus Aurelius
Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone. — Robin S. Sharma
All great things have small beginnings. — Peter Senge
Short Becoming Great Quotes
Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion. — Ralph Marston
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes. — William E. Gladstone
The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great. — James C. Collins
Big thinking precedes great achievement. — Wilferd A. Peterson
If greatness is your goal, it can only be achieved today. — Dan Sullivan
If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great. — Hesiod
Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough. — Gurbaksh Chahal
It’s important to realize that on the journey to achieving big, you become bigger. — Gary Keller
You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. — Lee J. Colan
Great accomplishments start with great aspirations. — Gary Hamel
Top 10 Becoming Great Quotes
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain
An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service. — Harry S. Truman
Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her. — Mia Hamm
I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness. — Saladin
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. — Saadi Shirazi
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible. — Nikola Tesla
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. — Montesquieu
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. — William Osler
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, by the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Great leaders encourage and enable others to become great. — Susan McCann
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — H. G. Wells
A great attitude becomes a great day which becomes a great month which becomes a great year which becomes a great life.
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. — Alan Watts
The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of other, and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in you heart, the roar of freedom.
True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. — Saint Augustine
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. — John F. Kennedy
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. — Vaclav Havel
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement. — B. F. Skinner
True Greatness Quotes
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ. — Jonathan Edwards
To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence. — Cesar Chavez
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. — Henry David Thoreau
The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. — Che Guevara
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being. — Pope John Paul II
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. — Ronald Reagan
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal, no door that enough LOVE will not open, no gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge, no wall that enough LOVE will not throw down, no sin that enough LOVE will not redeem. — Emmet Fox
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. — Aristotle
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer. — Ed Cunningham
Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength. — Dwight L. Moody
Greatness And Leadership Quotes
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. — Mother Teresa
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before. — Nelson Mandela
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. — Bernard Law Montgomery
The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. — Peter Drucker
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. — Indra Nooyi
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal. — Patrick Lencioni
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great. — Billie Jean King
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. — Dean Smith
Dare To Be Great Quotes
Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations. — Brené Brown
It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great. — Havelock Ellis
To be a colored man in America ... and enjoy it, you must be greatly daring, greatly stolid, greatly humorous and greatly sensitive. And at all times a philosopher. — Jessie Redmon Fauset
Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even in the distance, and on its farther side, without Germany and the German Emperor, no great decision dare henceforth be taken. — Wilhelm II
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage. — William Howard Taft
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. — Theodore Roosevelt
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. — Bertrand Russell
I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever. — Pete Carroll
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt
It's daring to be curious about the unknown, to dream big dreams, to live outside prescribed boxes, to take risks, and above all, daring to investigate the way we live until we discover the deepest treasured purpose of why we are here. — Luci Swindoll
Daring To Be Great Quotes
Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out. — Theodore Roosevelt
Rather than sitting on the sidelines & hurling judgment & advice, we must dare to show up & let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly. — Brené Brown
If Church history teaches us anything, it is that we cannot afford to be a vacillating Church. We minister to a people who are in great need of hearing truth, we dare not make any attempt to soft pedal that glorious truth. — Martin Luther
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness? — William Makepeace Thackeray
Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen. — Brené Brown
There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything. — Brian Griese
For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out. — Theodore Roosevelt
What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen. It requires us to dare greatly, to be vulnerable. — Brené Brown
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. — Roger Ebert
People who accomplish a great many things are people who have freed themselves from biases. These are the creative people. — Milton H. Erickson
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. — Charles Kuralt
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. — Anatole France
Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things. — David Suzuki
The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones. — Brandon Sanderson
I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still — Zig Ziglar
Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit. — Mark Twain
Just as God gave Moses exactly what he needed to accomplish great things, he will equip us in the same way. If he calls us to slay giants, he will make us into giant slayers. — Christine Caine
Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things. — Confucius
Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. ... It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus. — Enid Bagnold
A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders. — Pele
A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation. — Zhuangzi
Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man. — Walter E. Williams
You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God. — Wallace D. Wattles
It has been said that a country’s greatness can be measured by what it does for its unfortunates. By that criterion Canada certainly does not stand in the forefront of the nations of the world although there are signs that we are becoming conscious of our deficiencies and are determined to atone for lost time. — Tommy Douglas
That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ. — Queen Victoria
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish. — Pope John Paul II
With the beginning of a great & compassionate love, comes the growth of one's heart, and with that, a profound inner change. The way to opening the mind is often first through the heart. And once is the mind & heart are open, so many things become possible. — Irwin Corey
All urbanization, pushed beyond a certain point, automatically becomes suburbanization.... Every great city is just a collection of suburbs. Its inhabitantsdo not live in their city; they merely inhabit it. — Aldous Huxley
The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life. — Shoghi Effendi
This great honor recognizes the history of CRISPR and the collaborative story of harnessing it into a profoundly powerful engineering technology that gives new hope and possibility to our society. What started as a curiosity-driven, fundamental discovery project has now become the breakthrough strategy used by countless researchers working to help improve the human condition. I encourage continued support of fundamental science as well as public discourse about the ethical uses and responsible regulation of CRISPR technology. — Jennifer Doudna
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment. — Ross Perot
There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens, and great revolutions for good or evil spring up in the vacuum created by these openings. In these divine moments key men and women and even entire generations risk everything to become the hinge of history, the pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing. — Lou Engle
The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become. — Henry Martyn
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. — Gordon Ramsay
Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients. — Lewis Howes
There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey. — Lewis Howes
A talented entrepreneur with bad habits eventually becomes an employee. An average employee with great habits can eventually become a great entrepreneur. — Patrick Bet-David
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv. — Henri CartierBresson
To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great lawyers or philanthropists or business people or work their way up the political ladder. I happened to become known from a different route. — John Glenn
Everyone has the ability to accomplish unique feats, everyone. You choose this. Become someone great in one other life. Forget about failing to many. Who cares? Doesn't matter when you start or finish, just start, no deviations, no excuses. — Tom Platz
There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one. — Ralph Marston
...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder millions of unborn children? — Alice von Hildebrand
Egypt was, arguably, a nation-state when most Europeans were living in mud huts, but it was never more than a regional power. It is protected by deserts on three sides and might have become a great power in the Mediterranean region but for one problem. There are hardly any trees in Egypt, and for most of history, if you didn't have trees, you couldn't build a great navy with which to project your power. — Tim Marshall
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice. — Jose Rizal
If the U.S. had been restricted to its pre-Louisiana Purchase borders, it would have struggled to become a great power. — Tim Marshall
Life on a small farm might seem primitive, but by living such a life we become able to discover the Great Path. I believe that one who deeply respects his neighborhood and everyday world in which he lives will be shown the greatest of all worlds. — Masanobu Fukuoka
Gratitude is good for health, happiness, and wellbeing. But it's not the default human state. And the research around gratitude and what we're told to do to become more grateful isn't great. The truth about gratitude is much more interesting. — Michael Easter
I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office. — John Boehner
Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create. — Maria Montessori
Every one looking downwards becomes impressed with ideas of his own greatness, but looking upwards, he feels his own littleness. — Indian Proverbs
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