There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
To be simple is to be great.
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 first step toward greatness is to be honest.
We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
To achieve great things we must live as if we were never going to die.
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die....
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Feelings could cause us to do the unexpected in life. However, they should never be considered negative since they could motivate us into doing some great things.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
"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."
To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.