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Everyone wants to do something that people will remember for years to come, just one work that makes him/her great. However, very few of us listen to the words that are said by those who have already become famous, rather great. The sayings of these great personalities, often denoted as quotes, can inspire you to move ahead in life and face all the obstacles fearlessly. In the following lines, we have provided a collection of great quotations. Go through them and find yourself being motivated with every word.

Ronald Reagan

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Growth Imagination Intelligence
Ronald Reagan
Chris Wallace

I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.

News People
Chris Wallace
Rudy Giuliani

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

Freedom
Rudy Giuliani
Karl Urban

Nothing beats a great smile.

Nothing Smile
Karl Urban
Elton John

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

Rock And Roll
Elton John
Aya Cash

I feel like everything will be a letdown after 'You're The Worst.' It was such a great experience.

Experience
Aya Cash
William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Greatness
William Shakespeare
Rihanna

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.

World Heart
Rihanna
Nicolas Cage

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

Nicolas Cage
Ben Affleck

There's something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.

Romance
Ben Affleck
B. R. Ambedkar

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Society
B. R. Ambedkar
Gordon Ramsay

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

Work
Gordon Ramsay
Akshay Kumar

I have a great time cooking and eating Thai green chicken curry.

Cooking Time
Akshay Kumar
Alan Turing

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

Surprise
Alan Turing
Bill Skarsgard

I worked with Lady Gaga for a day on a video shoot. It was crazy; we had a lot of fun. I had a great time.

Time
Bill Skarsgard
Che Guevara

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

Revolution Work
Che Guevara
Garrett Hedlund

A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.

Best Good
Garrett Hedlund

It would be doing me great injustice to think that I have any feeling of indifference to my country; I have more reason than anyone to feel, every day of my life, the value of the blood which flows in my veins, and it is only from prudence that at times I abstain from showing how proud I am of it.

Life
Marie Antoinette
Charlie Carver

The 'Teen Wolf' fans are so great.

Teenagers
Charlie Carver
Deion Sanders

Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.

Time
Deion Sanders
Chris Rock

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

Marriage Humor
Chris Rock
Pamela Anderson

It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

Surprise People
Pamela Anderson
Kevin Bacon

I have fond memories of Chris Penn, who's sadly not with us. He always made me laugh - it was great to be with him.

Kevin Bacon

The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the downside is some of the things... for real fans to go on and see that 90 percent of the information isn't true or to see pictures that aren't really me.

Internet
Denise Richards

If you look at 'The Have and the Have Nots,' I didn't want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you're not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn't have much, but she has great faith.

Faith
Tyler Perry
Ethan Hawke

The thing that makes a great genre movie is one that's not just entertainment, not just horror or sci-fi or whatever. The ones I love are the genre pictures with some subversive message underlying it all.

Love Entertainment
Ethan Hawke
Laura Ingraham

South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.

State Government
Laura Ingraham
Mick Jagger

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

Past
Mick Jagger
Kurt Russell

I always look forward to working with Goldie because she's a great person to work with.

Work
Kurt Russell
Mackenzie Davis

I was imagining a long life of being a stone cold loser. Then I got a job, which was really nice, then I got a great agent, a great manager, which was really nice. I was doing a lot of set ups, and, you know, I got to start working in L.A.

Life
Mackenzie Davis
Amy Adams

I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me - ever.

People Revenge
Amy Adams
Mary Steenburgen

A period piece is a great opportunity for an actress. I love acting because I love to pretend, and when you're doing a period piece, then even the time you're in is pretend, so there's that much more to play with.

Love Time
Mary Steenburgen
Eleanor Roosevelt

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

People Ideas
Eleanor Roosevelt
Chevy Chase

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.

Funny Personality
Chevy Chase
Douglas MacArthur

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Security Nation
Douglas MacArthur
Jon Stewart

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.

Jon Stewart
Chanakya

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Delivery
Chanakya
Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Good
Benjamin Disraeli
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.

Time
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Simone Weil

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Reality
Simone Weil
Donald Trump

No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.

Nothing Future
Donald Trump

When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America.

People
Judy Garland
Ralph Macchio

I still feel that the original 'Karate Kid' is the great piece of work that has stood the test of time. It's a bit of soulful magic.

Time Work Magic
Ralph Macchio
Jeff Bezos

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

Experience
Jeff Bezos
Abraham Lincoln

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

People Truth
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Pattinson

I really like Nicki Minaj. I think she's great.

Robert Pattinson
Queen Victoria

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

Queen Victoria

Lots of countries, like Israel, live with terrorism every day, and it doesn't impact their integrity. The big threat to America is the way we react to terrorism by throwing away what everybody values about our country - a commitment to human rights. America is a great nation because we are a good nation.

Good Truthfulness
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Antony Starr

I was told to have an ice bath once, which I did once, and it was the most horrific experience. In my head it sounded like a great idea, so I filled my bath with ice and water, and it was absolutely horrendous.

Experience Water
Antony Starr
Cam Newton

The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.

Thinking
Cam Newton
Nelson Mandela

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Nelson Mandela
Vasyl Lomachenko

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

Vasyl Lomachenko
Jennifer Connelly

When it's good it's great, it's really great.

Good
Jennifer Connelly
Benito Mussolini

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

People History
Benito Mussolini
Jason Bateman

By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if you find a gay guy.

Jason Bateman

I'm a writer; I've worked as much as a writer as I have as an actor, so I was in a script-note session at Imagine for a TV show I wrote that they were producing, and they happened to say, 'You'd be great as Crosby, do you want to do this show we're doing, 'Parenthood?'

Dax Shepard
Mukesh Ambani

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.

Money
Mukesh Ambani

I don't really put too much pressure on myself. The only time people feel pressure is when they put it on themselves and listen to the outside stuff. I have great teammates and great coaches that do the right things around me that allows me to just focus on the game of football.

Time
Dak Prescott

Everything has become so easy. It's great that it's at your fingertips, but I miss those good old days. And we're connected, but it can be very alienating. There is this distance between all of us because we're speaking to each other through cameras and monitors and icons and Emojis.

Good
Rami Malek
Liv Tyler

I've always been very shy at auditioning; I'm not so great at it.

Liv Tyler
Xi Jinping

The Chinese nation is a great nation; it has been through hardships and adversity but remains indomitable.

Adversity Nation
Xi Jinping
Katie Holmes

He's the most incredible man. He's so generous and kind, and he helps so many people, and, um, he makes me laugh like I've never laughed, and he's a great friend.

People
Katie Holmes
Clayton Kershaw

Sandy Koufax is a great teacher. He just talks about competitiveness and being aggressive - about stride length, power, how to spin the breaking ball. The way he explains pitching is simple, which is something you don't see a lot.

Teachers
Clayton Kershaw
Julia Stiles

When I'm working, I need to be pretty disciplined, but I do like to enjoy my food. I like to keep it fresh and wholesome. Preparing your own food can be a great way to unwind.

Food
Julia Stiles
Anderson Silva

God bless Neymar because this boy has changed the lives of kids in Brazil. A lot of children watch him, believe they can be the next Neymar. Sometimes, you have a great opportunity to change and impact the lives of kids.

Change God
Anderson Silva
Brandy Norwood

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

People
Brandy Norwood
Michael Keaton

I've changed my diet a few times. Now I'm trying to eat more protein. I eat little meals throughout the day. I love food, so I still give myself great meals. Also, when I'm busy, it's easy to lose weight.

Love Busy
Michael Keaton
Ice Cube

I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me.

People
Ice Cube
Burt Reynolds

I felt good when I did a stunt, and if it was really dangerous - like if I got out on a horse or a bull that was rank, or jumped out of this building on a bag - I felt great.

Good
Burt Reynolds

I love leaving the door open to good ideas. I love the collaborative swirl. I get charged by problem-solving, usually under some kind of stress - the sun is going down, and we have eight minutes, and we have to solve it. Great things come out of it.

Good Love Sun
Ron Howard
Emilio Estevez

We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone?

Media
Emilio Estevez
Confucius

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Learning
Confucius
Louisa May Alcott

Love is a great beautifier.

Love
Louisa May Alcott
Horace Mann

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

Education
Horace Mann
William Osler

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

Disease Good
William Osler
Dwight L. Moody

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

Religion
Dwight L. Moody

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Greatness Strength
Henry Ward Beecher

Together, We will make America strong again. We will make wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And yes, together, we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.

God Togetherness
Donald Trump
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Crime
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Allison Mack

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

Things Attention
Allison Mack
Bill Gates

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.

People Communication
Bill Gates
Emma Roberts

I'm surrounded by great friends and family. I don't know what I would do without them.

Family
Emma Roberts
Jacinda Ardern

How great it would be for us all to have the pride of knowing that we, as a country, are one of the best countries to be a child.

Best Pride Country
Jacinda Ardern
Beyonce Knowles

The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.

Love Things
Beyonce Knowles
Neil Gorsuch

Standing here in a house of history, and acutely aware of my own imperfections, I pledge that if I am confirmed I will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great country.

Country History
Neil Gorsuch
Milana Vayntrub

I think working with kids and seeing how kids are universally children - no matter what you do, they love playing on a bongo and they love drawing and they love playing - that is a great uniter.

Love
Milana Vayntrub
Blake Lively

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

People Respect Work
Blake Lively
Gal Gadot

I feel that I've got the opportunity to set a great role model for girls to look up to a strong, active, compassionate, loving, positive woman, and I think it's so important.

Opportunities Positivity
Gal Gadot
Tom Felton

I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that.

Tom Felton
Kevin Costner

When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble.

Time World History
Kevin Costner

I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you.

Courteney Cox
Lin-Manuel Miranda

What 'Twilight Zone' did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil.

Good Wickedness
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Magic Johnson

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.

People
Magic Johnson
David Foster

Commerce and art are natural enemies. And also, the enemy of good is great. And the enemy of great is good, so there's this huge juggling that's going on all the time.

Good Art Time
David Foster
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

Sacrifice
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sarah Michelle Gellar

I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.

Fitness
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Dave Chappelle

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

Life
Dave Chappelle
John Wayne

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

People Country
John Wayne
Shawn Mendes

I'm all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.

Shawn Mendes

I guess coming after 'Country Grammar' and everybody thinking, 'Well maybe, that was it.' To come back with something like 'Nellyville' and to have people accept it and appreciate it the way they did, that was a great move.

People Country Thinking
Nelly