Top 630 Great Quotes

Great Quotes: Inspiring Excellence and Achieving Success

Unleashing the Power of Greatness

Greatness resides within each of us, waiting to be unleashed. It is the relentless pursuit of excellence, the unwavering commitment to one’s passions, and the ability to rise above challenges. In this article, we delve into the realm of greatness and present a collection of inspiring quotes that ignite the spark of ambition, encourage perseverance, and inspire us to achieve extraordinary things.

Greatness is not limited to a select few; it is a mindset, a choice to push beyond limits and strive for the extraordinary. It is the culmination of dedication, hard work, and an unwavering belief in one’s abilities. By embracing greatness, we can unlock our full potential, make a positive impact, and leave a lasting legacy.

Words of Inspiration: Quotes that Ignite Greatness

Throughout history, visionaries, innovators, and trailblazers have shared their insights and wisdom to inspire greatness in others. Their quotes encapsulate the essence of ambition, resilience, and the pursuit of success. Below, we present a collection of great quotes that motivate us to reach for the stars, persevere in the face of adversity, and embrace the power within us to achieve greatness.

Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin

Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin of a willow, in the flight of the butterfly, in the chirping of a tree-toad or the sweep of an eagle – my life loves to see how others live, exults in their joy, and so far is partner in their great concern.
Edward Everett Hale
The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
J. Paul Getty
Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.
Elizabeth Hurley
At forty-five degrees, the sky will burn. Fire to approach the great new city; in an instant, a great scattered flame will leap up, when one will want to get evidence from the Normans.
Nostradamus
I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
Bob Schieffer
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Calvin Coolidge
I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada – nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.
Matthew Perry
A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.
Yves Saint Laurent
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.
Jon Meacham
My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked a song that’s spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
Maya Angelou
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
Robert Frost
If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don’t have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough.
Ann Landers
Fashion and music are two great artistic forms that can be molded by the youth culture – our taste and our passion for evolving things in our limited time on earth allows us to look at things with fresh eyes.
Virgil Abloh
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
Bob Hope
I’ve had the privilege of working with Bono for the past few years in the One Campaign to fight AIDS and hunger and disease around the world. Bono is an Irishman and a great humanitarian. And I remember him telling me of his admiration for America.
Mike Huckabee
The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
Milton Friedman
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
Swami Sivananda
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
James Russell Lowell
France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they’ve forgotten all about it. I’m afraid that the American culture is a disaster.
Johnny Depp
Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.
Jeff Bezos
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
Stanley Kubrick
Great companies are built on great products.
Elon Musk
Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
Napoleon Hill
The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Thomas Huxley
The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it’s so great, because for a little bit I’m out of my brain, and it’s got nothing to do with me. I’m not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.
Chris Evans
The great object is that every man be armed.
Patrick Henry
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
John Steinbeck
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
Albert Einstein
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch
There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed

There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.
Jim Mattis
The world is starving for new ideas and great leaders who will champion those ideas.
Lisa Su
Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don’t want to face.
Melissa McBride
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
I’ve gotten to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people and do all kinds of great things, so it’s, like, surreal. It just lets you know how time flies, especially when you’re having fun. It seems like time keeps going by faster as I get older.
Mekhi Phifer
The idea behind fast food is great – people want convenience.
Kimbal Musk
Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that’s the foundation for everything great.
Jay-Z
I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.
Steve Jobs
Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
Francis of Assisi
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Elbert Hubbard
I’m not a hunter, but I’ve been around guns all my life. I’m a great shot.
Sam Elliott
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
Boris Yeltsin
I’m surrounded by nothing but great people. I’ve been blessed with that, so really, I’ve got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
Tim Duncan
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
It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.
George Foreman
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
Bryant H. McGill
The idea of winning a doctor’s degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.
Elizabeth Blackwell
Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.
Hussein of Jordan
A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Marcus Aurelius
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Helen Keller
We are all one – or at least we should be – and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.
Roy Barnes
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France
The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything – meals, jobs, clothing.
Tom Brokaw
Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
Brad Henry
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
Benjamin Disraeli
You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.
Joel Osteen