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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. 
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.
 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. 
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.
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.
 The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing 
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.  
 The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing 
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. 
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.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who read more
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.