Charles Simmons - Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

- Charles Simmons

source: Charles Simmons (1852). “Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker”, p.275

topic: Integrity, Greatness, Men, Homage, True Greatness, Man Of Integrity, High Places, Self-denial