#great men

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#given #great #great men #his #littleness

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

#great #great men #isolated #men #mountain

Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are. ↗

— Joe Wurzelbacher

#around #goes #great #great man #great men

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season. All great men of letters have therefore been enthusiastic walkers. ↗

— Leslie Stephen

#been #desires #enthusiastic #great #great men

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#gain #great #great men #greatness #lose

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. ↗

— Channing Pollock

#bad #bad luck #being #born #determination

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#great #great man #great men #greatness #his

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#charming #differs #fact #feared #great