#true greatness

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ↗

— Simone Weil

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No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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True greatness consists in being great in little things. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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