The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Liberals don't believe that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. If they promoted that, there'd be no need for liberalism.
Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.
Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.
Doing common things uncommonly well.
Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.
Let us leave to the brain what belongs to it, and agree that the work of the men of genius is of the superhuman, the offspring of man.
No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
It's the greatest achievement I've ever witnessed in all my years of being a coach and a television personality. I really, absolutely have been blown away.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
I've been extraordinarily successful for my age. I think for probably anyone's age, I'm very fortunate.
The most fully actualized people that I studied over ten years consistently pushed the envelope. These people consistently demanded far more of themselves every day than anyone else ever expected from them. These people raised their standards and committed themselves from their hearts to be the best they could be and to live a life of uncommon wonder. This is what self-mastery is all about.
forget normal, we're going to be extraordinary" -Lucas :)
Now it's time for amasians... That's Asians doing something amazing.
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.
This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.
We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.
You have to believe in the unrealistic to do something extraordinary - to create a miracle.
Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.
The history of the human race is the history of ordinary people who have overcome their fears and accomplished extraordinary things.
