You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.
-- James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''
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Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic
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Greatness is a spiritual condition.
-- Matthew Arnold
1822-1888, British Poet, Critic
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The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth --the power to love --although I have put it last, is the rarest.
-- Margot Asquith
1864-1945, British Socialite
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We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself.
-- Jean Baudrillard
French Postmodern Philosopher, Writer
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Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.
-- Pierre De Beaumarchais
1732-1799, French Dramatist
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The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
-- Sir Max Beerbohm
1872-1956, British Actor
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Great men are not always wise.
-- Bible
Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
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