It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.
Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.