#greatness

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. ↗

— Titus Livius

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The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assures us, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise. ↗

— Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

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The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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A great man is always willing to be little. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatness is illusory, and if we pay too much attention to it we will be lured out of the peace and stability of the being God gave us, and seek to live in a myth we have created for ourselves. And when we are truly ourselves we lose most of the futile self-consciousness that keeps us constantly comparing ourselves with others in order to see how big we are. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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