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Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.
 Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding 
the secret to another soul.  
 Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding 
the secret to another soul. 
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be read more
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
 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. 
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 one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
 The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will 
get himself made out of read more 
 The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will 
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.