Be good and you will be lonely

Be good and you will be lonely

Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.

The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame,
Die fast away: only themselves die faster.
The far-fam'd sculptor, read more

The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame,
Die fast away: only themselves die faster.
The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard,
Those bold insurancers of deathless fame,
Supply their little feeble aids in vain.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you
will command the attention of read more

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you
will command the attention of the world.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. read more

If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.