Living a fulfilled and positive life comes much easier when we have a purpose — believing in our self and our abilities is vital to finding that purpose. Start bringing out your personal greatness with these powerful quotes to encourage and motivate you to reach your life goals.
“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.” – Lewis B. Smedes
“People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.” – Zig Ziglar
“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
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“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
“When you live positively it is impossible to not also be living for something greater than yourself.” — Bryant McGill
“The starting place for your greatness is desire. The desire to succeed, to serve others, to keep on going no matter what.” — Assegid Habtewold
“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.” — Elbert Hubbard
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
These are some very wise word indeed! And sometimes, all we need to motivate us, are some words of wisdom — a quote or saying that resonates so strongly, that it propels us to get on the path to happiness, positivity and harmony.