Quotes about Greatness

“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Sherlock Holmes on little things…

To a great mind, nothing is little. ~ Sherlock Holmes

Dear leaders, the greatness is already there.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people but to elicit it. For the greatness is there already. ~ John Buchan

“We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ~ Napoleon Hill

“Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” ~ Zig Ziglar

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” ~ Confucius

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ~ Jimmy Johnson

The 8th Habit [Book]

By: Stephen Covey

From this Book: 16 Quotes

Book Overview: In order to thrive, innovate, excel and lead in what Covey calls the new Knowledge Worker Age, we must build on and move beyond effectiveness…to greatness. Accessing the higher levels of human genius and motivation in today’s new reality requires a sea change of new thinking — a new mind-set, a new skill-set, a new tool-set — in short, a whole new habit.

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