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Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

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Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more

Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning
he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by John W. Gardner Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.

Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.

by Richard Knolles Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by T. Alan Armstrong Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas W. Higginson Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
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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,

by William Hazlitt Found in: Greatness Quotes,
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