Lewis Howes, is a former pro-athlete turned entrepreneur.  He is best known for his podcast The School of Greatness where he interviews people who have achieved great success.  Some special guests include Daymond John, Grant Cardone, Tim Ferris, Casey Neistat, and many more.  In addition to making appearances on The Ellen Show, he is also appearing in the Think and Grow Rich Documentary alongside Joel Brown, Tony Robbins, and many others.  In addition to interviews, Lewis uses his podcast to share wisdom and insight gained from his years of experience.

Here are some awesome quotes from Lewis:

1. “The world makes room for passionate people.” – Lewis Howes

2. “In reality, failure is simply feedback. It’s not that you are bad or not good enough or incapable. Failure (or feedback) gives you the opportunity to look at what’s not working and figure out how to make it work.” – Lewis Howes

3. “Greatness is the result of visionaries who persevere, focus, believe, and prepare. It is a habit, not a birthright.” – Lewis Howes

4. “You become what you envision yourself being.” – Lewis Howes

5. “You need desire to be fully alive and you need vision to fulfill your desires.” – Lewis Howes

6. “We only have one rule. You can’t stop. You can go as slow as you need to go, but you cannot stop. You can never drop out.” – Lewis Howes

7. “If you don’t give yourself a moment to visualize the clear results you want to create, then you are less likely to achieve what you desire.” – Lewis Howes

8. “Your job is to create a vision that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning. If it doesn’t, go back to bed until you have a bigger dream.” – Lewis Howes

9. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – Lewis Howes

10. “To be great is to be misunderstood.” – Lewis Hofwes

11. “Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness,” – Lewis Howes

12. “Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Lewis Howes

13. “Speaking is no different than staying in shape; it’s not something you get, it’s something you maintain.” – Lewis Howes

14. “Everyone fails. Highly successful people fail many more times than the rest of the world and with much higher stakes at hand.” – Lewis Howes

15. “Remember, no one has ever achieved anything truly great without going through extreme adversity.” – Lewis Howes

16. “The easiest way to live a short unimportant life is to consume the world around you rather than contribute to it. Meanwhile, the people who keep on contributing tend to be the ones who keep on living. The message was clear. People who contribute to their community live longer.” – Lewis Howes

17. “Fill your mind with good and surround yourself with people who lift you up.” – Lewis Howes

18. “The greatest gift you can give yourself is education and growth.” – Lewis Howes

19. “Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration.” – Lewis Howes

20. “Life should be lived passionately otherwise you’re playing another person’s game.” – Lewis Howes

21. “People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Lewis Howes

22. “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Lewis Howes

23. “The reward for good habits is growth, and there is a reward for bad ones with instant gratification.” – Lewis Howes

24. “You have the power to create the life income and lifestyle you desire.” – Lewis Howes

25. “Doubting yourself is doubting your creator.” – Lewis Howes

Which quote is your favorite?  Have you listened to his podcast?  Comment below!