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No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
Be good and you will be lonely
Be good and you will be lonely
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
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.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
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.
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.
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.