Greatness Quotes - Page 36
Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.456
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding the secret to another soul.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1550, Delphi Classics
Matthew Arnold (2016). “Culture and Anarchy”, p.14, BookRix
God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”
I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.
"Mirror Dance". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1994.
Leo Tolstoy “War and Peace: Designed to be Read as a Modern Novel”