He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in mind

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Greatness Quotes

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It...

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...