Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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.

Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as read more

Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as the hills,
The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else
Comes on the mind with the like shock as though
Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.