Quotes About Striving For Greatness

Here are the top 99 quotes about striving for greatness:

1. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson 2. “If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.” – Unknown 3. “Great things never come from comfort zones.” – Roy T. Bennett 4. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill 5. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer 6. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs 7. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers 8. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt 9. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt 10. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein 11. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett 12. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke 13. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson 14. “The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.” – Muhammad Iqbal 15. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates 16. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford 17. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis 18. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison 19. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill 20. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela 21. “Success is not something you pursue. It’s something you attract by becoming an attractive person.” – Jim Rohn 22. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs 23. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean 24. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon 25. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker 26. “Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Orison Swett Marden 27. “Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler 28. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 29. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou 30. “Chase your passion, not your pension.” – Denis Waitley 31. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 32. “Success is not how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.” – Steve Prefontaine 33. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius 34. “The only failure in life is not to try.” – George Clooney 35. “Success is not about being the best. It’s about always getting better.” – Behdad Sami 36. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg 37. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee 38. “Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” – Reggie Leach 39. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar 40. “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett 41. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky 42. “Success is not a destination, but the road that you’re on. Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That’s living your dream.” – Marlon Wayans 43. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cain 44. “Success is not just about what you accomplish in your life, it’s about what you inspire others to do.” – Unknown 45. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort 46. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi 47. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn 48. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs 49. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – John Wooden 50. “Success is not about being a genius or having a lot of talent. It’s about having the courage to go after what you want, and the persistence to stick with it until you get it.” – Unknown 51. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford 52. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Buddha 53. “Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” – Arnold H. Glasow 54. “Success is not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Zig Ziglar 55. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis 56. “Success is not a matter of luck, it’s a matter of doing the right things consistently.” – Unknown 57. “Success is not about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama 58. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller 59. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs 60. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill 61. “Success is not about what you have, but about what you give.” – Unknown 62. “Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington 63. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt 64. “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Unknown 65. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer 66. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs 67. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill 68. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cain 69. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs 70. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Buddha 71. “Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” – Arnold H. Glasow 72. “Success is not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Zig Ziglar 73. “The only way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker 74. “Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” – Reggie Leach 75. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer 76. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”