If it is a pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing and to be despised falling, then it is a pleasure to be great.
—Robert South
Showing posts with label greatness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greatness. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Post #2272
He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
—Thomas à Kempis
—Thomas à Kempis
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Post #1672
Subtract from a great man all that he owes to opportunity and all that he owes to chance, all that he has gained by the wisdom of his friends and by the folly of his enemies, and our Brobdignag will often become a Liliputian.
—Charles Caleb Colton
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Post #988
The diseases of the mind are more dangerous, and more numerous than those of the body.
—Cicero
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Post #789
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
—Mark Twain
—Mark Twain
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Post #779
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
—Admiral William "Bull" Halsey
—Admiral William "Bull" Halsey
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Post #457
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
—John Steinbeck
—John Steinbeck
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
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