Flawed Greatness Quotes

There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers...even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.

When great individuals move so marvelously along the straight and narrow path, it is unseemly of us to call attention to the fact that one of their shoelaces is untied as they make the journey.

I am fascinated, I suppose, by a flawed man with a streak of greatness.

It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.

What I absorbed from autobiographies was not how to be great so much as the littleness of the great.

I think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill - not because we're perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day.

I began to discover that, in addition to her stunning achievements, there were flaws as there would be in any person's life. I wanted to tell Madam's story in an honest, frank way.

The vices of some men are magnificent.