“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”– Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Related Quotes “To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self.”– Samuel Johnson “The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.”– E. W. Howe “They never fail who die in a great cause.”– Lord Byron