Material possessions Quote by James Cash Penney

Great men are sometimes so even in small things.

— Luc de Clapiers

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

— Victor Hugo

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

— William Cobbett

There are two types of men: the great and the small.

— Emile Durkheim

The generality of men are so bound within the sphere of their circumstances that they have not even the courage to get out of…

— Luc de Clapiers

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

— Walter Savage Landor

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that…

— Samuel Smiles

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

— Walter Savage Landor

The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.

— Anonymous

Men are only as great as they are kind.

— Elbert Hubbard

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around…

— Anonymous

That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection…

— Giacomo Leopardi