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“The discipline of suffering, of great suffering- do you not know that only this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far? That tension of the soul in unhappiness which cultivates its strength, its shudders face to face with great ruin, its inventiveness and courage in enduring, preserving, interpreting, and exploiting suffering, and whatever has been granted to it of profundity, secret, mask, spirit, cunning, greatness- was it not granted to it through suffering, through the discipline of great suffering?”

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.”

Men Soul Pain Causes Greatness Offers Activity Adversity Shining Endure Generosity Bliss Crush Misfortunes Reverse Nevertheless Mars Severe Nobility Hindrance Owing Insensibility

Book:The Nicomachean ethics

Source: The Nicomachean ethics

“A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of David. Think of a great and enduring novel like Huckleberry Finn or Crime and Punishment. Think of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Shakespeare's Henry V. Think of a beautifully designed building, like the masterpieces of Frank Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You can't point to any one single item that makes the whole thing work; it's the entire work-all the pieces working together to create an overall effect-that leads to enduring greatness.”

Source: Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

“To do one's best in the face of the commonplace struggles of life, and possibly in the face of failures, and to continue to endure and persevere with the ongoing difficulties of life - when those struggles and tasks contribute to the progress and happiness of others and the eternal salvation of one's self - this is true greatness.”

Self Faces Struggle Progress Greatness Eternal Tasks Difficulty Salvation Endure Ongoing Persevere Commonplace Life Struggle True Greatness

Author:Howard W. Hunter

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.”

Able Lying Greatness Criticism Critics Endure Finals Proof Resentment Achieve Greatness

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.”

Wells May Hate Universe Love Is Secret Strength Greatness Endure Absence Disaster Spite

Author:L. Ron Hubbard

“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?”

Heart Ends Wisdom Lost Greater Greatness Ambition Difficulty Patience Fortune Endure Dare Hostile Intrigue Tire

Book:Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)

“If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.”

Ifs Real Faces Next Stars Rocks Century Greatness Type Models Management Institutions Endure Triumph Corporations Decline Twentieth Century Rock Star

Author:James C. Collins

“The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.”

Men Doe Able Lying Greatness He Man Endure Finals Proof Great Men Resentment Penalties Misunderstood

Book:A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings

Source: A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings

“The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.”

Men Humans Dies Energy Race Careers Greatness He Man Remains Endure Disappear Great Men Stamps Monument Indelible

Book:Character. Repr

Source: Character. Repr

“Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved. Sometimes we are inclined to put up with a situation rather than endure. To endure is to bear up under, to stand firm against, to suffer without yielding, to continue to be, or to exhibit the state or power of lasting.”

Wells Sometimes States Suffering Individual Situation Greatness Bears Happenings Endure Firm Lasting Missionary Unfair Exhibits Unreasonable Stand Firm

Book:Be of Good Cheer

Source: Be of Good Cheer