William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes About Greatness

Quotes about: Greatness

• Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Life, Leadership, Book

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.148

• To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Ambition, Greatness, Ends

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Oxford Thackeray: With Illustrations”, p.989

• To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Wisdom, Patience, Heart

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.4236, Delphi Classics

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