Character Quote by Alphonse de Lamartine Download Open image “True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.” — Alphonse de Lamartine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Deceived Greatness Sovereign True greatness Virtue Wisdom
True greatness depends on total wisdom. The real lesson is to learn to love. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means… — Josei Toda Copy Share Image
True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys — Alphonse De Lamartine Copy Share Image
Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would confess, that,… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
