It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Greatness often involves imperfection and lacks exactness.
- In plain terms
- Great things are often not exact or perfect.
- What can you take from it?
- Greatness tolerates imperfection and ambiguity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is greatness messy?
- Why are great things not exact?
Another view
Some fields like engineering require high exactness regardless.
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