greatness Quotes

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.