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Quotes Of The Week From: Martin Luther King Jr., Elizabeth Kubler-Ross And Others

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. gauged greatness by level of service. (AP)

Quotes Of The Week presents words of wisdom about true beauty, taking the initiative, achieving greatness, and winning and losing.

King On Greatness
Not everybody can be famous. But everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader

Kubler-Ross On Positivity
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist

Holtz On Perspective
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
Lou Holtz, football coach

Tournier On Belief
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Paul Tournier, physician

Hansen On Initiative
There will always be challenges, obstacles and less-than-perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger … and more and more successful.
Mark Victor Hansen, author

MORE WISDOM TO LIVE BY FROM:

Mindy Grossman, Albert Camus, Andrew Bosworth, Bob Woolf And Kevin Love

Lorena Ochoa Reyes, Ray Kroc, David M. Burns, Hyman Rickover and Reid Hoffman

Ron Howard, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Robert Lutz, Michael Dell And Jimmy Johnson

Paul Allen, Tina Fey, Ntozake Shange, Alexander Graham Bell and Paul Brown

John F. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Tim Cook, Lorne Michaels and Suze Orman