The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity
The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge - a challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight, the courage to work, the courage to achieve - to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
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