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Quote by John Ruskin

“I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.”

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John Ruskin was an influential British art critic, writer, and social critic. Known for his profound insights into art, architecture, and social issues, he had a significant impact on the aesthetics and culture of the Victorian era. more

“A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on frequent self-examinations, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right, without troubling himself about what others may think or say, or whether they do or do not that which he thinks and says and does.”

Thinking Knows Men May Doe Self Lying Purpose Consciousness Honest Greatness Obedience Purpose Of Life Steady Examination Self-examination True Greatness

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“When a man realizes his littleness, his greatness can appear.”

Men Sports Realizing Greatness

Author:H. G. Wells

“If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in the meekness of thy conversation; condescend to men of low estate, support the distressed, and patronize the neglected. Be great.”

Ifs Men Art Soul Shows Support Rich Greatness Conversation Lows Fortune Estates Neglected Meekness

Book:Sermons

Source: Sermons

“The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.”

Men Virtue Greatness Bears Burden Storm Temptation Fearless Resolution Reliance Invincible Menace Greatest Man

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.”

Ifs Mind Wells Greatness Deserve Applause Deserving Obtaining Great Minds Deviate Deserving It

Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“Difficulty is the nurse of greatness.”

Greatness Difficulty Nurse

Author:William C. Bryant

“Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.”

Men Feels May Important Greatness Tragedy Indifference And Apathy

Author:Arthur Ernest Morgan

“The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.”

Men Humans Dies Energy Race Careers Greatness He Man Remains Endure Disappear Great Men Stamps Monument Indelible

Book:Character. Repr

Source: Character. Repr

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