Greatness Quotes

A small man stands on others. A great man stands on God.

—John Mason, Believe You Can

A strong person cannot help a weaker person unless that weaker person really wants to be helped, and even then, the weaker person must become strong himself. He must, by his own efforts, develop the strength that he admires in another.

—Bob Proctor, The Art of Living

All that a man does outwardly is the expression and completion of his inward thinking. No action is possible without thought, and no great action is possible until a great thought has preceded it.

—Wallaced D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world...as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your power. Pray for power equal to your tasks.

—Phillips Brook, Believe You Can

Greatness is only attained by the constant thinking of great thoughts.

—Wallaced D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

It is always a bumpy, uphill road that leads to heights of greatness.

—John Mason, Believe You Can

No amount of education, reading, or study can make you great without thought; but thought can make you great with very little study.

—Wallaced D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.

—Harry Emerson, The ABCs of Success

No man can become great in outward personality until he is great internally; and no man can be great internally until he thinks.

—Wallaced D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

—Robert Kennedy, The ABCs of Success

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Maximum Achievement

The high achievers, the persons you admire, are those individuals who opened their gifts. These winners have more gifts because they claimed them, took them out of the wrapping, and used them.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

The prophets and seers and great men and women, past and present, were made great by what they received from God, not by what they were taught by men.

—Wallaced D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

We should never settle for anything; we should always seek the best.

—John Mason, An Enemy Called Average

You don't have to work harder; you must work more effectively. You must learn to make your work count.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

You will never do great things in the external world until you think great things in the internal world; and you will never think great things until you think about truth; about the verities.

—Wallaced D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

References

1. Believe You Can
2. The Art of Living
3. The Science of Getting Rich
4. The ABCs of Success
5. Maximum Achievement
6. You Squared
7. An Enemy Called Average