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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon em.
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
The great are only great because we carry them on our shoulders.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain – peaks; they are summits of ranges.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
What millions died that Caesar might be great!
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great man.
The world, will, in the end, follow only those who have despised as well as served it.
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
We are both great man, but I have succeeded better in keeping it a profound secret than he has.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
A really great man is known by three signs – generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
The greatest man is he who choose the right with invisible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations; from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest In storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering.
He only is great who has the habits of greatness; who, after performing what none in ten thousand could accomplish, passes on like Samson, and “tells neither nor mother of it.”
The true test of a great man – that, at least, which must secure his place among the highest order of great men – is, his having been in advance of his age.
A contemplation of God’s works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility – these only, denominate men great and glorious.
The study of God’s word, for the purpose of discovering God’s will, is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters.
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Difficulty is a nurse of greatness a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them into strength and athletic proportions. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness.
Bryant.
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
There never was any heart truly great and gracious, that was not also tender and compassionate.
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
A nation’s greatness resides not in her material resources, but in her will, faith, intelligence, and moral forces.
Malvolio, quoting letter, Twelfth Night William Shakesphere (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English writer, clergyman
The great are only great because we carry them on our shoulders.
Claude Dubosc de Montandre (17th Century) French writer, pamphleteer
Great men are rarely isolated mountain – peaks; they are summits of ranges.
T.W. Higginson (1823-1911) American Clergyman, writer
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French President
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
Lord Acton (1834-1902) English Historian
What millions died that Caesar might be great!
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) Scottish Poet
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great man.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer
The world, will, in the end, follow only those who have despised as well as served it.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English author
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist
We are both great man, but I have succeeded better in keeping it a profound secret than he has.
Bill (E.W.) Nye (1850-1896) American journalist, humorous writer
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
Horace (65-8 BC) Latin poet
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Ralph waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
Bismarck
The greatest man is he who choose the right with invisible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations; from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest In storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering.
Channing
He only is great who has the habits of greatness; who, after performing what none in ten thousand could accomplish, passes on like Samson, and “tells neither nor mother of it.”
Lavater.
The true test of a great man – that, at least, which must secure his place among the highest order of great men – is, his having been in advance of his age.
Brougham
A contemplation of God’s works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility – these only, denominate men great and glorious.
Addison
The study of God’s word, for the purpose of discovering God’s will, is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters.
J.W.Alexander
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Difficulty is a nurse of greatness a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them into strength and athletic proportions. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments, grows by a certain necessity to the stature of greatness.
Bryant.
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
Horacee Mann.
There never was any heart truly great and gracious, that was not also tender and compassionate.
South
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
Johnson
A nation’s greatness resides not in her material resources, but in her will, faith, intelligence, and moral forces.
J.M. Hoppin.
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