The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.