Jesse Jackson Quotes

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

I just want to be remembered as a person who loved God, who served others more than he served himself, who was trying to grow in maturity and stability.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.

Not everyone can be famous, but everyone can be great. Because greatness is a matter of service.

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

I have learned that the biggest stars and the greatest players are the most humble ones, the ones who respect people the most.

Even though I am playing against others, and it is important to get there and win, I believe that Jesus is much more important than all of that.

One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody has one chance in a billion of being thought really great after a century has passed except those who have been the servants of all. That strange realist from Bethlehem knew that.

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

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

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

The irony is that 'looking down on everybody else' is a violation of the law of love, which, according to Jesus, is the absolute essence of righteousness.

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.