John Piper Quotes

My legacy is almost like a personal challenge to go as far as I can go.

I just want to do something challenging.

I live for what I haven't done.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'

To be honest, I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface of where I want to be. If someone asked me for an autograph, I'd be like, 'Me? I haven't done anything yet !' I have much more to offer the world.

I'll do everything I can to reach my potential.

When you think what Big Country could be, I could be that guy.

I always want to try for what's been offered to me.

I just want to do as good as I can. What that is, I don't know.

I get this weird feeling that there's bigger things to do still, and I can't wait to figure it out.

My expectations for myself were really high.

If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.

I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

They say the shoe can always fit, no matter whose foot it's on. These days feel like I'm squeezing in 'em. Who ever wore 'em before just wasn't thinking big enough, I'm about to leave 'em with 'em

My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

Reach what you cannot

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

We must remind ourselves that to do what is possible we must sometimes challenge ourselves with the impossible.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.