The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth-the power of love-although I have put it last, is the rarest.


Margot Asquith: An Autobiography (ed. 1920)

Margot Asquith Quotes

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is...