So many will try to destroy me. So many, over and over, coming in periods of greatness. But in this period, I cannot be broken: GAGAKLEIN.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Hagai: [in Xerxers’ chambers] Queen Vashti, your majesty. [steps aside, revealing the beautiful Queen] King Xerxes: Enter. [gathers his shirt and goes to her, kissing her hand] King Xerxes: The night’s festivities hold not your interests? Queen Vashti: It is long since you summoned me here. [looking at his work table] Queen Vashti: Your hands have not been idle. King Xerxes: Not idle... not gifted either. Queen Vashti: You do know why the Princes have asked you to extend the feasting another night. King Xerxes: [turning to leave] Your to late if you seek me to deny them, especially now. With such clamering to march upon Greece and avenge my father's death. Queen Vashti: [stopping him, pleading] How long have dreamt of molding Persia into a pillar of learning and culture? Afraid to make even the greatness of Greece buy a shadow. You know as well as I that this not something that is won in battle, but in the hearts of men. King Xerxes: [unbelieving] You would have me do nothing then? Queen Vashti: You're no warrior, no soldier... I'd have you stay... enhance your kingdom, preserve your thrown. [hesitates and leaves]
Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.
Old Ptolemy: All greatness comes from loss.
Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.
Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.
Scroop: I say we kill 'em all now. John Silver: "I say"? What's this "I say"? Disobey my orders again like that stunt you pulled with Mr. Arrow, and so help me - you'll be *joinin'* him! Scroop: Strong talk, but I know otherwise. John Silver: You got somethin' to say, Scroop? Scroop: It's that boy. Methinks you have a soft spot for him. John Silver: Now, mark me, the lot of ya! I care about one thing, and one thing only: Flint's trove! You think I'd risk it all for the sake of some nose-wipin' little whelp? Scroop: What was it now? "Oh, you got the makings of greatness in ya!" John Silver: Shut yer gap! I cozied up to that kid to keep 'im off our scent! But I ain't gone soft!
Al Stump: I put up with your bullshit. I give words, I interpret, I give *life* to your bullshit. And you give me nothing. *Nothing!* But grief. Ty Cobb: You have never been this close to greatness in your short life son. And you love it.
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy: Greatness courts failure.
Good and great are seldom in the same man.
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.
[repeated line] Teddy Roosevelt: Some are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them.
Harry - you're a great wizard, you know.
If a man has a capacity for great thoughts, he is likely to overtake them before he is decrepit.
Observing and commenting, it is a piece of cake. Experiencing and sharing, that is a piece of work.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Greatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.
The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
A great man is always willing to be little.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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