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Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Twelfth Night
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.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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.
Self Reliance
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
A great man is always willing to be little.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
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.