“No truly great person ever thought themselves so.”
“It was truly amazing, Clary thought, how much teenage boys were able to eat without ever gaining weight or making themselves sick.-pg.68-”
“To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
“Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.”
“Even great men are only truly recognized and honored once they are dead. Why? Because those who praise them need to feel themselves somehow superior to the person praised, they need to feel they are making some concession. ”