The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill.
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. G.K. Chesterton
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. Leo Tolstoy
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth – the power to love – although I have put it last, is the rarest. Margot Asquith
No man is truly great who is great only in his own lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. William Hazlitt
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary – they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. Henri Frederic Amiel
No man ever yet became great by imitation. Samuel Johnson
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have it pinned on them. George Ade
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J Boorstin
Greatness is a spiritual condition. Matthew Arnold
He who has never failed somewhere, the man can never be great. Herman Melville
Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success. Philip Guedalla
They’re only truly great who are truly good. George Chapman
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. Doris Lessing
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field – and keep on doing it. Wilfred Peterson
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer – the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power. A J P Taylor
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men. Bruce Barton
Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified. Wilfred Peterson
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. Lord Acton