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“A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage... For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.”

Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt

“If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.”

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Book:The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt

Source: The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt

“Strive for originality in thought and action. Be first; Be different; And be daring. Only then will you make a significant difference in this world. You may even attain greatness.”

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Author:Ernie J Zelinski

“When I was a boy, I would read those postcards and know exactly why my father was doing what he was doing: he was taking a stab at greatness, that is, if greatness is simply another word for doing something different from what you were already doing--or maybe greatness is the thing we want to have so that other people will want to have us, or maybe greatness is merely the grail for our unhappy, striving selves, the thing we think we need but don't and can't get anyway.”

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Author:Brock Clarke

“Realizing who we are and what we may become assures us that with God nothing really is impossible. From the time we learn that Jesus wants us for a Sunbeam until we learn more fully the basic principles of the gospel, we are taught to strive for perfection. It is not new to us then to talk of the importance of achievement. The difficulty arises when inflated expectations of the world alter our definition of greatness.”

“I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.”

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Author:Salma Hayek

“Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”

“There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings.”

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Author:Rex Harrison

“Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature.”

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Book:Representative Men: Seven Lectures

Source: Representative Men: Seven Lectures

“Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.”

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Book:Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

Source: Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.”

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Author:Laozi