I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
"Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You 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."
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.
Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die....
We must remember that, within each difficulty, the seed for its solution is stored, and quite possibly the seed of greatness is there, too, just waiting to be found.
Greatness after all, ion spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
“If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you.”
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
The first step toward greatness is to be honest.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.