To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
John TillotsonPreoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
Nicolas ChamfortGreat heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.
Peter S. BeagleSome are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William ShakespeareIt is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.
Friedrich Nietzsche