Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.

We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of
greatness.

That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise read more

That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.

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

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

Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be read more

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.