There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the really great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

Each reckons greatness to consist In that in which he heads the list ...

A great man is always willing to be little.

Immortality will come to such as are fit for it; and he who would be a great soul in the future must be a great soul now.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.