"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion"
- Jack Kerouac
About this Quote
This quote by Jack Kerouac is a reminder that greatness is not accomplished by following the crowd. It is not accomplished by conforming to the current patterns, fads, and also popular opinion. Rather, success is accomplished by those who are willing to go versus the grain as well as take risks. It is achieved by those who are take on sufficient to stand up for what they rely on and also seek their own distinct paths. It is achieved by those who are willing to assume outside the box as well as challenge the status quo. Success is not achieved by those that merely follow the crowd, however by those who want to take the road much less taken a trip.
This quote is written / told by Jack Kerouac between March 12, 1922 and October 21, 1969. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA.
The author also have 19 other quotes.
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization"
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
