No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Nobody walks this earth thinking he's better than I think I am - I think I'm great. At the same time, it's so obvious to me that I'm nobody.
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.
Great people have great values and great ethics.
Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great.
I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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.