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.

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.

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.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

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.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

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.