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

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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as read more

So let his name through Europe ring!
A man of mean estate,
Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,
Because his soul was great.

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.