It is not enough merely to seek greatness for ourselves, we must help others discover greatness within themselves. We need to reach down and reach out, and give back and lift others.
First Lady Michelle Obama
Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it.
George Clooney, Up in the Air
I don’t want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me.
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
Steve Jobs
I am looking for a dare to be great situation.
John Cusack, Say Anything
There is a time for some things and a time for all things; a time for great things and a time for small things.
Miguel Cervantes
I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.
John Green, Looking for Alaska
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (via psychotherapy)
Source: psychotherapy
Don’t be so humble - you are not that great.
Golda Meir
Whatever it is, if it doesn’t make you happy, walk away, give it away to someone else who wants it. Let it be their next dream; let it flee from you. You’re emptying out your limitations when you do that. Then you have room to grow, to allow magnificent things to fill the vacuum of those seemingly empty places. When you hold onto yesterday, when you hold onto dead and dying adventures, you have no room in your box for greatness.
It’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
You’re good, kid, but as long as I’m around, you’re only second best.
Edward G. Robinson, The Cincinnati Kid
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