Great Quotes

If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.
-- Great Quotes by Jim Collins

A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness.
-- Great Quotes by Jim Collins

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.
-- Great Quotes by Jim Collins

If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.
-- Great Quotes by Jim Collins

We must reject the idea.. well-intentioned, but dead wrong.. that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business." Most businesses.. like most of anything else in life.. fall somewhere between mediocre and good.
-- Great Quotes by Jim Collins

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.
-- Great Quotes by Peter Drucker

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
-- Great Quotes by Thomas Edison

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
-- Great Quotes by Albert Einstein

What great changes have not been ambitious?
-- Great Quotes by Melinda Gates

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
-- Great Quotes by Rudy Giuliani

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
-- Great Quotes by Alan Greenspan

I think the great livers, the people who are fully self-actualizing and alive, are the great givers.
-- Great Quotes by Mark Victor Hansen

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.
-- Great Quotes by Conrad Hilton

A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.
-- Great Quotes by Carl Icahn

Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.
-- Great Quotes by Magic Johnson

I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I’ve met, and I think that I thrive on that.
-- Great Quotes by Michael Jordan

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
-- Great Quotes by Carl Jung

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.
-- Great Quotes by John F. Kennedy

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
-- Great Quotes by Nelson Mandela

It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness.
-- Great Quotes by Bob Proctor

I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.
-- Great Quotes by Ratan Tata

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
-- Great Quotes by Tim Blixseth

Your life right now is a reflection of your past thoughts. That includes all the great things, and all the things you consider not so great. Since you attract to you what you think about most, it is easy to see what your dominant thoughts have been on every subject of your life, because that is what you have experienced.
-- Great Quotes by Rhonda Byrne

The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important, and nothing that works faster than for you to cast off your own limitations than for you to begin dreaming and fantasizing about the wonderful things that you can become, have, and do.
-- Great Quotes by Brian Tracy

I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I’m not feeling so well myself.
-- Great Quotes by Mark Twain

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.
-- Great Quotes by Mark Twain

Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd put myself in the latter category. But I'd never call myself a normal designer of anything.
-- Great Quotes by Steve Wozniak

If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.
-- Great Quotes by Muhammad Yunus