All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.-- Sir Francis Bacon, 'Of Great Place', _Essays_, 1597-1625
Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular. - Lady Marguerite Blessington (1789 &endash; 1849)
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel Boorstin (1914-____)
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
They 're only truly great who are truly good. George Chapman. 1557-1634 Revenge for Honour. Act v. Sc. 2
Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. Charles de Gaulle
We all go to our graves unknown, worlds of unsuspected greatness. Frederick W. Faber
Every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. Mignon McLaughlin
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows. Charles Read
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes. -- Theodor Reik
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.--Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD)_Epistles_
The world knows nothing of its greatest men. Henry Taylor
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
Be great in little things. Francis Xavier
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