Top 1200 Greatness Within Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I seldom feel trapped by my world. Setting up rules and restrictions is part of the process. It gives your world shape. I always look at these things like haiku: you have to work within certain parameters, but within them, you’re completely free.

You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.

Adrenaline is a huge deal. All of a sudden you start hitting the golf ball a little bit farther. You learn to stay within yourself and what you have to do to calm yourself down and stay within your game plan.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Chicago is an incredibly great city, but it was clear to me that greatness wasn't being spread to all our neighborhoods.

I believe that the greatest truths of the universe don't lie outside, in the study of the stars and the planets. They lie deep within us, in the magnificence of our heart, mind, and soul. Until we understand what is within, we can't understand what is without.

There's very little greatness in this world, but in the crucible of quality there's a special corner reserved for Van Halen.

Ever since I was a little kid, that intrigued me. The game within the game was the biggest thing. A lot of people don't see the little things we do within a game.

People reside within qi and qi resides within people. From heaven and earth down to the ten thousand things, each one requires qi to live.

It happens every millennium. Now more than ever, man threatens to destroy himself with his own technology, and all the ideas contained within Big Brother exist within Little Brother. We're all watching ourselves. We are our own oppressors. This is a time when an idea like God is needed more than ever. For me, I've found that God exists within yourself and what you create. The only thing we've got to look forward to is saving ourselves

Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

I'm somebody who works within Cambodia, with Cambodians. I work alongside the artists and society to work from within, so that is the focus, and from that I hope everybody who believes in democracy, in certain freedoms, will get louder, will grow their voices.

A nation's path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and ... militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.

It was about finding the sacred within myself, my center, my peaceful core. We each have a sacred space within us, a part of us. This sacred space is a temple, a temple to our inner power, our intuition, and our connection with the divine. Discovery of psychic powers, spells, and meditation are all things that lead us to the temple. They help us find the road within and walk our path to the inner temple.

Presidential aspirants reach for the highest office to satisfy some yearning for greatness or even immortality.

Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities.

The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own Inner Self, the Divinity within you. Tap the source through looking within. Improve yourself. Build your character. Purify the heart. Develop the divine virtues. Eradicate evil traits. Conquer all that is base in you. Endeavor to attain all that is worthy and noble. Make the lower nature the servant of the higher through discipline, Tapas, self-restraint and meditation. This is the beginning of your freedom.

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.

Real greatness comes from that sort of spontaneity of the moment that takes it into another level. That can never be planned; it happens or it doesn't. And you can't force it.

I believe that everyone is destined for greatness, but most people aren't willing to pay the price it takes to get there.

The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself.

I think it's important, no matter your profession, to never become complacent and always strive for greatness.

With eyes of faith consider the greatness of your mission and the wonderful amount of good which you can accomplish.

A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare within or without to shake it, I declined it, preferring to wipe my feet on the sod before my door. It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms.

For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue.

From leading the world into the age of democracy to spearheading the technological revolution, America has always been at the forefront of greatness.

I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness.

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program will graduate within four years, and less than 60 percent will graduate within six years. Students who haven't graduated within six years probably never will.

As we go within the self, we discover that all the voices of our past lives are still there. As we peel ourselves, which is a process very much like peeling an onion, we discover that there are many selves within the self.

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none

I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I think is indisputable is that even within this repressive regime, the political leaders there - including the Supreme Leader - are sensitive to the concerns of the population within bounds.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.

We are always faced with different challenges, and circumstances necessitate bringing out the greatness God puts in all of us.

Find someone within the company who is on another team but is at a similar level or role as you to be a friend, a sounding board, and a place to go for candid feedback. Find a mentor within the company who resembles the leader you'd like to grow to be.

I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.

The German countryside must be preserved under all circumstances, for it is and has forever been the source of strength and greatness of our people.

Leave greatness to others. Become so small that no one can see you. This conviction results from growing devotion to the supreme reality.

When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet.

Greatness is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man.

Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.

Each individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time.

We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being. We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we always walk within our boundaries, within the marked-off circle.

It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

All I want is greatness for West Virginia, and I'll work with anyone who is ready to help me turn this state around.

My priorities are: I need to be good; I need to be well within for my children to be well within; and then the creative process flows, organically and smoothly. I'm not looking to experience what I went through in the 'Livin' La Vida Loca' days again.

If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.

. . . maybe that's what life's all about: there's a lof of despair, but also the odd moments of beauty, where time is no longer the same . . . [like] something suspended . . . an elsewhere . . . an always within a never. Yes, that's is, an always within a never.

When I started my podcast, 'The School of Greatness,' one of the top three people I wanted to get on the show was Tony Robbins.

A man needs the feelings of kindness to think great than thinking of the greatness to feel good.

Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.

You are destined to become the peer of those you most respect because the greatness you perceive in them is your own.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that is still within us, sealed in the subconscious cellars of the psyche.