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No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of read more
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
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.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a read more
There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
