The path to living a positive and fulfilled life is paved with a genuine desire to have a purpose. Believing in yourself and your inherent abilities is vital to finding that purpose. Start bringing out your personal greatness with these powerful quotes to encourage and motivate you.
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.” — Willa Cather
“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
“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
“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“The starting place for your greatness is desire. The desire to succeed, to serve others, to keep on going no matter what.” — Assegid Habtewold
”Will this matter five years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go.” — Catherine Pulsifer
“There will never be ‘the right time’ in your life to do a great thing. You must create that time and greatness will follow.” — John A. Passaro
“Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them. Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.” — Jack Canfield
“When you live positively it is impossible to not also be living for something greater than yourself.” — Bryant McGill
“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” — Wilma Rudolph
“The secret of life…is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” — Paulo Coelho
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” — Thich Nhat Han
“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Each moment of our life, we either invoke or destroy our dreams.” — Stuart Wilde
“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” — Maya Angelou
“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.” — Leo Tolstoy
“Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.” — Steve Maraboli
“Nature does not hurry but yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu
“Never allow a person to tell you no, who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Done is better than perfect.” — Sheryl Sandberg
“Creativity means believing you have greatness.” — Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness–great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.” — Jim Rohn
“Don’t sweat the small stuff.” — Richard Carlson
