No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,

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.

Be good and you will be lonely

Be good and you will be lonely

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.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

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

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

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.

He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.

He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds
us of others.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.