Some are born great, some achieve greatness,
and some hire public relations officers.
?Daniel J. Boorstin
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his
own littleness than disbelief in great men.
?Thomas Carlyle
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.
?G. K. Chesterton
Great abilities produce great
vices as well as virtues.
?Greek Proverb
The price of greatness is responsibility.
?Sir Winston Churchill
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-
peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
?Thomas W. Higginson
No one was ever great without some
portion of divine inspiration.
?Marcus Tullius Cicero
Some people have greatness thrust upon them.
Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
?John W. Gardner
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men,
and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
?Charles de Gaulle
Greatness consists in trying to be
great. There is no other way.
?Truman Capote
Man is only truly great when
he acts from the passions.
?Benjamin Disraeli
To be great is to be misunderstood.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great and good are seldom the same man.
?Thomas Fuller, M. D.
