You Can Be Great Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about You Can Be Great

You Can Be Great Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational You Can Be Great quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

You can do a great many things if you are rich which would be severely criticised if you were poor — Henry James

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you. — Blair Underwood

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers. — Clive Anderson

It can't be stressed enough that in order to produce great graphics, you have to have a good product and a good client capable of making decisions. — Primo Angeli

Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier. — Walter Savage Landor

I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it can't be a great idea. — Tino Sehgal

Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Museums are the anthropological screened porches of suburbia. You can be near something great, but not actually personally experience it. — S. Kelley Harrell

I don't suppose you cook?" Tucker inquired hopefully.
"Did you think because she can start fires she'd be great with a grill? Gator asked. — Christine Feehan

Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever. — Zadie Smith

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie. — Jeremy Renner

You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell. — Herb Alpert

I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain. — Sophie Kinsella

What's great is that starting a blog can get you lot of attention for your writing. But it doesn't have to be for anybody other than yourself. — Dianna Agron

[The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come, can only do you good, and never do you harm ... — Charles Kingsley

You can only be funny if you have matters of great importance on your mind. — Kurt Vonnegut

Your name may be 'writ in water', but for now, you have the great advantage of being a wave that can think. — D.J. MacLennan

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap. — Vivien Leigh

My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be. — Debi Thomas

Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time. — Alyson Noel

Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be? — Michael Jordan

So just let me deal with it, I can be emotionally flawed and still love you all at the same time. I'm a great multitasker. — Holly Hood

Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and a great one. — George Bernard Shaw

An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor. — Joel Kinnaman

It's real simple - we all have nightmares, and the idea you can be in real jeopardy in them is a great gimmick. It's universal. — Robert Englund

A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2. — Susan Sontag

You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement. — Napoleon Hill

You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that. — Morley Safer

Showing that you can be sexy, strong and independent is the best thing about being a Diva. It's a great inspiration for other people. — Torrie Wilson

You can't be conferred with a glory you never configured your mind to come to. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

To be great in life, you must be determined. You can only discover yourself when you are self motivated . — Osunsakin Adewale

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. — William Shenstone

That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame. — Dawn French

There can be a big difference between what you think is great and what you actually like. — Stephen King

You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards. — Billy Bragg

Have a great passion in everything you do and it will be the most fun and rewarding life you can have. — Bill Zanker

You can read 50 great things about yourself, but the one bad thing will be what you remember most. — Luke Evans

It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom. — Azar Nafisi

Why be so bloody miserable when you can pick up a good book or watch a great television drama? — Michael Dobbs

If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking. — Jerry West

I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around. — Adrian Peterson

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host. — Dan Abrams

You become like that, what you admire most. By admiring excellence and practicing, it can boost you to become excellent. — Mark LaMoure

You can be as great a man as you please while you're alive. Makes not a straw of difference once you go back to the mud. And — Joe Abercrombie

80% of the mistakes you will make in information architecture can be caught if you bring in a great usability expert from the beginning. — Roger Black

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies. — John Gregory

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do? — Scott Brooks

People can be great, but they can also be lousy. I am often lousy. But not completely lousy. You, Libby Strout, are great. — Jennifer Niven

Any idea can be a great idea if you think differently, dream big and commit to seeing it realized — Richard Branson

It is amazing how great life can be when you start Living your dreams rather than just Dreaming about them. — Kevin W. Courington

I've been given lots of great advice, in my life. As an actor, just being as honest and as present as you can be. — Rachel McAdams

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has. — Janis Ian

You deserve a full time play; you can't be reserved. Engage your best stamina; you have my support ... You can't be a surplus ... ! — Israelmore Ayivor

If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent. — Geoffrey Canada

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one. — Julianna Baggott

It's so strange. Everything can be going alone just great, and then one day, whack, you're blindsided
a lousy, crammy blow you didn't see coming. — James Patterson

One thing I can guarantee you. You may not be a great deal wiser from my talk today, but you will be a great deal older. — Melvin Helitzer

You can never be great at anything unless you love it. — Maya Angelou

You can't be a great leader if your heart is not filled with greatness. — Debasish Mridha

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do. — Alec Baldwin

You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness. — Alex Kapranos

You know, what a producer does is one of the great mysteries in life, so anyone can be one. — Timothy Olyphant

No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be. — Gin Wigmore

If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great. — Ivan Lendl

You can be a great model, an average one, or a bad model. You may think it doesn't matter to you, but it does to the Lord. — Henry B. Eyring

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. — Martha Stewart

You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate. — Rick Derringer

You can be great just by being yourself. — Steven Spielberg

You must be careful when you ask people whether they're happy; it's a question that can upset them a great deal. — Francois Lelord

You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority. — Robin Sharma

What did you think the answer would be, Elisabeth? I toy with you because I can. Because it gives me great pleasure. Because I was bored. — S. Jae-Jones

You are capable of anything. Dream great dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I always feel that it's great when you can be happy when you're by yourself. That's not a bad thing. — Gene Pitney

You can't be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it. — Kenneth Koch

If you don't stand sincere by your words
how sincere can the people be?
Take great care over words, treasure them. — Lao-Tzu

CUSTOMER:Will you be open so I can buy the new Harry Potter book?
BOOKSELLER: Yep, we're having a midnight opening.
CUSTOMER: Great! What time? — Jen Campbell

A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it. — Paul Gauguin

Be yourself, be who you can be. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can't be great at everything, but you are world-class at something. Go. Figure out what that is. It's how you win. — Josh Linkner

If you want to have great sex, find a partner who really turns you on. Pills are merely props, and props can turn out to be a big drag. — Jackie Collins

Sometimes, we forget to reflect back on all the great times we had by just ourselves. You can be your own best friend, you know. — Gwendolyn Heasley

When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great. — Andrea Bocelli

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday. — Pharrell Williams

In a very complex world, you can no longer expect everyone to be great at everything. — Gordon Gee

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. — William Safire

They say don't believe your own hype, but if you don't why would anyone else? To be great you have to believe you can do great things. — Charley Johnson

Despite the failures you've had, you can be great. — Jon Jones

People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art. — Nikki S. Lee

You can be a great man and still be a fool. Many of our country's leaders can attest to that. Were they still living. — Rachel E. Carter

As an actor, you always want to try new things, so the fact that they set it up so that you can be doing different things each season is great. — Mark Consuelos

I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen. — Kristen Stewart

Your life can be a great success or it can be a disaster. Be careful with the choices you make. — Debasish Mridha

You don't want to let go, but don't want to be hurt, either. It's not a great place to be but what can I tell you? — Junot Diaz

If you can laugh at yourself, you are going to be fine. If you allow others to laugh with you, you will be great. — Martin Niemoller

Some relationships aren't meant to be Great Love; they're meant to be like a hot fudge sundae
enjoyable but not something you can acually live on. — Kristin Chenoweth

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard. — Gordon Strachan

You can only exceed your limits if you've discovered them. — Roel Van Sleeuwen

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time. — William Landay