He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of read more

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- William Hazlitt,

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.

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.

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.

No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

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 stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

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