A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
A great man is the man who does something for the first time.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind.
It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.