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Greatness is the quality of being outstanding

• Greatness: The quality of being great; eminence or distinction.  Oxford Dictionary.  Oxford Dictionary
• Greatness: Famous, powerful, or important as one of a particular type.  Cambridge Dictionary
• Greatness: Notable; remarkable; exceptionally outstanding.  Dictionary.com
• Genius,  Mastery,  Goodness,  Leaving a legacy,  Making a difference,  Excellence,  Contribution

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Greatness is more than potential.  It is execution of that potential.

• Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive. Eric A. Burns
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Great persons are ordinary persons expanded

• Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified. Wilferd A.  Peterson
• Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man. William Allen

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It takes great people to achieve great things

• Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. Charles de Gaulle

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We all have the potential for greatness in us

• What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness.  You were born with wings.  You are not meant for crawling, so don’t.  You have wings.  Learn to use them and fly.  Rumi
• Every human being has the potential for greatness. Bo Bennett
• Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. Wilma Rudolph
• You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be. Robert Collier

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A few are born great but most great men grow great

• Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare
• Great men are not born great, they grow great . . . Mario Puzo
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Greatness lies in thinking great thoughts

• Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli
• Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought. Blaise Pascal
• Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts.
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Greatness lies in serving and giving

• Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. Martin Luther King Jr.
• What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. Pericles
• Don’t be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it’s the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness. Brian Tracy
• Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve. Marianne Williamson
• A desire for bigness has hurt many folks. Putting oneself in the limelight at the expense of others is a wrong idea of greatness. The secret of greatness rather than bigness is to acclimate oneself to one’s place of service and be true to one’s own convictions. A life of this kind of service will forever remain the measure of one’s true greatness. Richard W. Shelly, Jr.
• What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality. Daniel Webster
• Service,  Giving

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Greatness lies in kindness

• The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane. Mahatma Gandhi
• Men are only as great as they are kind. Elbert Hubbard
• Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
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Greatness lies in listening

• It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
• It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. J. C. Macaulay
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Greatness lies in integrity

• 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. Bob Marley
• In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton
• Integrity is not about doing what is easy. It is about taking the path of greatness, which is never easy. The reward is the path itself. The striving for greatness is the way to win the battle within. Mike Mahler
• The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. Anatole France
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Great lies in overcoming strong opposition and misunderstanding

• The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. Elbert Green Hubbard
• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein
• Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. Edgar Allan Poe
• Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. Dorothy Height

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Greatness lies in doing your daily work in an exceptional way

• If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. Beryl Markham
• The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field – and keep on doing it. Wilfred A. Peterson
• 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.” Martin Luther King Jr.
• Work,  Excellence

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Greatness lies in following your own unbeaten path

• If you are trying to imitate someone else’s greatness, you have missed the point of greatness. The secret is to find your own unique style and talents and bring them forth. No one has ever attained mastery by replicating another. The truly great simply replicate themselves. Alan Cohen
• No one ever became great by imitation. Samuel Johnson
• Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
• Follow your own path

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Greatness lies in honoring the little steps and deeds

• Great acts are made up of small deeds. Lao Tzu
• From small beginnings come great things. Proverb
• The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness. Eckhart Tolle
• Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. Publilius Syrus

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Greatness lies in doing common things in an extraordinary way

• Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well. Henry David Thoreau
• True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
• 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. Helen Keller
• Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I’ll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things. Lawrence D. Bell
• Life is in the little things

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Greatness lies in not losing your child’s heart

• The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart. Mencius
• Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran
• Remain young at heart

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Greatness comes from character

• Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution. Stephen Covey
• Greatness on the outside begins within. Robin Sharma
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Greatness comes from nourishing big dreams

• We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who hope that their dreams will come true. Woodrow Wilson
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Greatness comes from acting from your purpose and passion

• Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions. Benjamin Disraeli
• Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
• You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it fearlessly. Steve Maraboli
• Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. Hebbel
• A man’s dreams are an index to his greatness. Zadok Rabinwitz
• Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Success begins by listening to your inner calling and wisdom. What do you truly value and enjoy? What is your heart trying to tell you? Is there something that you have an inner need to pursue? These are the types of questions that will put you on your path toward greatness. Richard Carlson
• You were born to greatness. Having a life mission implies that that world has need of you. In fact, the world has been preparing you to fill this need with one incredible life experience after another. Finding and fulfilling your potential will lead you to your highest experience in this life. Believe it, you have a mission. It is the gateway to your personal greatness. Greg Anderson
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Greatness is forged through adversity, challenge and overcoming failure

• It takes a good man to prevent a catastrophe, and a great man to make use of one. Alexandre Dumas
• Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey
• The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. Channing Pollock
• There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. – William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
• The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Richard M. Nixon
• Recipe for greatness? To bear up under loss, to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief, to be victor over anger, to smile when tears are close, to resist evil men and base instincts, to hate hate and to love love, to go on when it would seem good to die, to seek ever after the glory and the dream, to look up with unquenchable faith in something evermore about to be, that is what any man can do, and so be great. Zane Grey
• Great crises produce great men and great deeds of courage. John F. Kennedy
• Adversity,  Challenge,  Failure

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Greatness comes from hard work and perseverance

• I challenge you to show me one single solitary individual who achieved his or her own personal greatness without lots of hard work. John Wooden
• Greatness loves the relentless. Robin Sharma
• Mental techniques can enhance, but can never replace, the hard work of preparation. Great confidence is rooted in great preparation. Only those who prepare for greatness can reasonably expect it. Tom Morris
• Hard work,  Effort

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Greatness is achieved through focus

• 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
• You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. Len Brown
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Greatness is developed through discipline

• Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great. George Bernard Shaw
• By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser
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Greatness requires courage and taking risks

• Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great. Cher
• No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe. Harry Gray
• Don’t forget to pack your courage for your journey to greatness. Dave Weinbaum
• Courage,  Risk taking

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The path to greatness is along with others

• The path to greatness is along with others. Baltasar Gracion
• To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. Charles de Montesquieu
• There would be no great ones if there were no little ones. George Herbert
• Teamwork,  Collaboration,  Cooperation

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Greatness comes from taking responsibility

• The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill
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More paths to greatness

• If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. Horace Mann
• Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves. Mahatma Gandhi
• Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. Henry Ward Beecher
• Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. R.J. Palacio
• There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one’s maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity. Buck Rodgers
• Greatness is a spiritual condition. Matthew Arnold

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True greatness is lasting

• No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. William Hazlitt
• Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting. Napoleon Bonaparte
• The only greatness for man is immortality. James Dean

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True greatness is humble

• I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don’t mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful. John Ruskin
• Humility makes great men twice honorable. Benjamin Franklin
• Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. Shams- ud-din Muhammed Hafez
• A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The great soul understands the small-minded. Toba Beta
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True greatness encourages others to see greatness in themselves

• 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
• Treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Every person is special, unique and deserves respect. Learn to see beyond what people see in themselves. Everyone has the seeds of greatness in them and you empower people by seeing beyond their imperfections and problems to their potential, their depth, their inner beauty and their possibilities. John Kehoe
• Let others see their own greatness when looking in your eyes. Mollie Marti
• If you admire greatness in another human being, it is your own greatness you are seeing. Debbie Ford
• The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. John Buchan

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There is no true greatness without goodness

• It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness; and I pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great person who was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin
• There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. Leo Tolstoy
• Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness. Athenaeus
• Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable. Matthew Henry
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Greatness is a spiritual condition, not to be confused with power, notoriety or fame

• Greatness is a spiritual condition. Matthew Arnold
• Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one’s spirit, not a result of one’s rank in human affairs. Sherman Finesilver
• We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart L. Udall
• Power,  Fame

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More sure signs of greatness

• When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you. Walter Payton
• Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you, but by the light that shines within you. Ray Davis
• You must judge a man’s greatness by how much he will be missed. Will Rogers
• Our key to greatness lies not in our ability to project ourselves to others as if we are putting ourselves onto a projector and creating an image of ourselves on a projector screen. Rather, our key to greatness lies in who we are which we can give to other people in a way that when they walk away from us, they are able to say in their hearts that they have taken away something with them quite extraordinary. JoyBell C.
• There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. Maxwell Anderson

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Many of the world’s greatest have come from poverty

• The greatest man in history was the poorest. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed. James Allen
• Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty. Gerald Lieberman
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• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin
• I’ve often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me. Woody Allen
• Modesty: Being comfortable that others will soon discover your greatness.
• Some have greatness thrust upon them but not lately. Frank Dane
• The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.
• A dog thinks you are the greatest, coolest, smartest, most successful person in the world. Get a dog and work hard to live up to its expectations. Brian Johnson

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