Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Piper

I wrote this poem called “The Calvinist” to capture a glimpse of God’s sovereign intersection with the life of a sinful man. There is no part of life where the greatness of God does not penetrate deeply. I want to help you feel that.

John Piper

The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God.

John Piper

The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon and contemplating your own greatness is pathological. At such moments we are made for a magnificent joy that comes from outside ourselves.

John Piper

It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.

Martin Luther

Great people and champions are special gifts of God, whom He gives and preserves; they do their work, and achieve great actions, not with vain imaginations, or cold and sleepy cogitations, but by motion of God.

Sebastian Horsley

I am desperate for attention. But everyone else is too. Everyone has fantasies of fame and greatness. Life for most people is a process of shedding those fantasies.

Seth Godin

You can't shrink your way to greatness!

Seth Godin

When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

Seth Godin

When the legacy you leave behind lasts for hours, days or a lifetime, you matter.

Seth Godin

Tribes makes our lives better, and leading a tribe is the best life of all.

Seth Godin

Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.

Seth Godin

Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.

Seth Godin

Great work is the result of seeking out tension, not avoiding it.

Seth Godin

As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.

Seth Godin

Go ahead, do something impossible.

Tom Cruise

I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.

Socrates

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

Themistocles

I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.

Terry McMillan

don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

Margaret Fuller

All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.

Michelangelo

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

Pierce Brosnan

The Danes and the Irish have a great simpatico, that's for sure.

Evan Parker

The HotHouse was packed with a very enthusiastic audience, and it seemed to me that Roscoe was very inspired. It was great for me to play with him.

The hotel industry sees great potential in the Jacksonville market. Otherwise these upscale hotels would be less likely to want to go in and manage, and put money into upgrading hotels to a higher level.

The home-owner will be the one with the greatest impact, but in a positive way, not a negative way.

Robert Osborne

'The Hollywood Reporter' was always in. You always got great tables. You always got great seats at screenings. You always got treated well if you were at the paper.

The first year he put it together, I thought it was a really great concept,

Anatole France

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere

The Flyers are a great team. It seems like every time we made a mistake, they scored.

Glenn Reynolds

You can sit in your living room and shout at your television, which makes you feel helpless, you can turn off the television, which is no great solution, or you can try to do better yourself,

You can sit here and you can visit the national library of Australia, of Great Britain, of France, of Germany, ... And that's the nature of reading today.

You can sit down and do it in an hour. They are great for beginners, but they also are popular for gifts. They are inexpensive and don't have to take a lot of time.

Jil Sander

You don't have to pay more to have a great form.