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Great and good are seldom the same man.
Great and good are seldom the same man.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
 No great deed is done
 By falterers who ask for certainty.  
 No great deed is done
 By falterers who ask for certainty. 
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
 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. 
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.
 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. 
 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. 
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.