Greatness is not measured by ...

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
 Dorothy Height

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.
 Dorothy Height
We have to realize we are building a movement.
 Dorothy Height
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
 Dorothy Height