Top 200 Greatness Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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2. “Greatness is a lot of small things done well.”

— Eric Thomas

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3. “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

— Elon Musk

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4. “Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.”

— Barack Obama

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Change Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

5. “Good is the enemy of great.”

— Jim Collins

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Excellence Quotes

6. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Changing the World Quotes

7. “If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Positive Life Quotes

8. “You will never ever be successful, until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize, a part of your product. I challenge you to push yourself.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

9. “Stop being average. You’re not even good. You were born to be great.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

10. “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

11. “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.”

— Myles Munroe

Also featured in: Christian Motivational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Purpose Quotes

12. “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Changing the World Quotes

13. “It’s the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes, Challenges Quotes

14. “This is your moment! Seize the opportunity to be great!”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Victory Quotes, Graduation Quotes

15. “What I’m doing right now, I’m chasing perfection... and if I don’t get it, I’m going to get this close.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Dedication Quotes, Practice Quotes, Sports Quotes

16. “Everyone’s always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?”

— Kanye West

17. “You don’t set out to build a wall. You don't say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s ever been built.’ You don’t start there. You say, ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.’ You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall.”

— Will Smith

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Dedication Quotes

18. “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don’t tell me I can’t do something. Don’t tell me it’s impossible. Don’t tell me I’m not the greatest. I’m the double greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Self-Love Quotes

19. “I am the greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes, Personality Quotes, Winning Quotes

20. “What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”

— John Green

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Effort Quotes, Achievement Quotes, Self-Improvement Quotes

21. “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”

— Will Smith

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22. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.”

— Steve Jobs

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23. “Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

24. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”

— Henry Ford

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25. “For your life to be great, your faith must be bigger than your fear.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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26. “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

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27. “Some are born great, others achieve greatness.”

— William Shakespeare

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28. “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

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes

29. “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes

30. “Good artists copy. Great artists steal.”

— Pablo Picasso

Also featured in: Creative Quotes, Art Quotes

31. “One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”

— Gerard Way

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Live Life Quotes

32. “Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

33. “The price of greatness is responsibility.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Impact Quotes, Quality Quotes

34. “The man with no imagination has no wings.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes, Imagination Quotes

35. “A great man is always willing to be little.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Humble Quotes

36. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

— John D. Rockefeller

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Choices Quotes

37. “We rise by lifting others.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Care Quotes, Positive Short Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

38. “I’m going to show you how great I am!”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Action Quotes

39. “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes

40. “I used my pain to push me to greatness.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Short Inspirational Quotes, Empowering Quotes

41. “What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Quotes for Work

42. “Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

43. “If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Change Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

44. “The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

45. “When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.”

— Napoleon Hill

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46. “Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.”

— John C. Maxwell

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47. “I have nothing to declare except my genius.”

— Oscar Wilde

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48. “The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.”

— Pope Benedict XVI

Also featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Faith Quotes

49. “You can’t win unless you first begin. So start now.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Winning Quotes

50. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”

— Michelangelo

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