Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it wel

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. – Henry Ward Beecher

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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I dont mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. – John Ruskin

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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