What defines great? We use the adjective frequently in describing our day, a person, an institution, relationships, or an attribute. There are multiple entries in a dictionary to define it such as talking about the size or large quantity of something, powerful or influential (great leader), referring to a generation (great-uncle), out of the ordinary (great save), skilled (great at tennis), distinguished (great poet).
I want to be a great person. I want to be recognized for something great and have impacted lives other than my own. I want people to remember me. I want to live greatly. I want people to describe me as a great person.
Which great defines me?
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. -William Shakespeare
Whatever you are, be a good one. -Abraham Lincoln
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