"All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great people are those who can make others feel that they, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~ Albert Einstein
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. ~ Charles De Gaulle
If you cannot do great things; do small things in a great way. ~ J.F. Clarke
Greatness is always improbably. Petty and dull--that is probable. ~ Tao Te Ching
Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows. ~ Charles Reed
God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials. ~ John Baptiste Gressett
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent Van Gogh
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. ~ Robert Kennedy