Top 200 Greatness Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Service to others leads to greatness.”

— Jim Rohn

102. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

— Michael Jordan

103. “The Universe favors the brave. When you resolve to lift your life to its highest level, the strength of your soul will guide you to a magical place with magnificent treasures.”

— Robin S. Sharma

104. “Recycle your pain, allow your pain to teach you to greatness...”

— Eric Thomas

105. “We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.”

— Vince Lombardi

106. “Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.”

— Myles Munroe

107. “Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.”

— Tim Ferriss

108. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”

— Conan O'Brien

109. “If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.”

— Michael Phelps

110. “People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.”

— Walt Disney

111. “Both desire and imagination are stored in the mind of the individual and when stretched, both have the potential to position a person for greatness.”

— Eric Thomas

112. “I am the best in the world at what I do.”

— Chris Jericho

113. “Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

— Orrin Woodward

114. “For it is in giving that we receive.”

— Francis of Assisi

115. “I am Cyrus, king of the world...”

— Cyrus the Great

116. “If you want to fly with the eagles, don’t swim with the ducks!”

— T. Harv Eker

117. “Run hard, be strong, think big!”

— Percy Cerutty

118. “Greatness starts with a clear vision of the future.”

— Simon Sinek

119. “Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall. The ground is where humility lives. Take it. Learn it. Breathe it in. And then come back stronger, humbler and more aware of your need for Him. Come back having seen your own nothingness and His greatness.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

120. “Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.”

— Napoleon

121. “You have something special. You have greatness in you. You have the ability to do more than you can ever begin to imagine.”

— Les Brown

122. “Don’t settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.”

— Joel Osteen

123. “Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them.”

— Brian Tracy

124. “I’m about being the best.”

— Frank Ocean

125. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

— Seneca the Younger

126. “The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.”

— Vince Lombardi

127. “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

128. “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

— Alexander the Great

129. “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

— John F. Kennedy

130. “Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

— Abdul Kalam

131. “Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.”

— Robin S. Sharma

132. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

133. “If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.”

— Michael Jordan

134. “By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

— Jim Rohn

135. “It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”

— Zig Ziglar

136. “If you want to live a top shelf life then you need to stand on the books you have read. Never stop learning, never stop growing.”

— Jim Rohn

137. “Aim for the highest cloud so that if you miss it, you will hit a lofty mountain.”

— Maori Proverb

138. “Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.”

— Ray Lewis

139. “Hard work pays off – hard work beats talent any day, but if you’re talented and work hard, it’s hard to be beat.”

— Robert Griffin III

140. “Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.”

— W. Clement Stone

141. “When you absolutely believe in yourself and your ability to succeed, nothing will stop you.”

— Brian Tracy

142. “To be great is to be misunderstood.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

143. “You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won’t feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.”

— Marianne Williamson

144. “The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.”

— Jim Rohn

145. “Champions keep going when they don’t have anything left in their tank!”

— Eric Thomas

146. “Be undeniably good.”

— Steve Martin

147. “The person that works the hardest wins.”

— Will Smith

148. “Believe in your dreams and that anything is possible.”

— Usain Bolt

149. “America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom – is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.”

— Woodrow Wilson

150. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

— Steve Martin