Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writer, Journalist
"A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great."
Great Person quotes
Great Person
18 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Nas
Rapper, Songwriter
"Every great person educates themselves."
Miguel de Cervantes
Writer
"Great persons are able to do great kindnesses."
Mencius
Philosopher
"The great person never loses a childlike spirit."
Jean Baudrillard
Philosopher, Sociologist
"The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it."
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"If you can't see someone's got a game with great personality, you shouldn't be out there looking."
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"I cannot truly imagine a truly great person who hasn't suffered."
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"Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages."
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"To be a great leader, first become a great person."
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"Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons."
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"Maybe the gift of any great person is the power to converse with our own hearts."
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