The truly great person never feels any worthy task is too low for him.
When James Madison completed his eight years as President, he retired to his Virginia plantation and filled the office of justice of the peace. No wonder he had climbed up, for he knew how to climb down. He didn't have to appear to be great, for he was; and no office could make him less. His meekness was not weakness. His humility was not humiliation.
The size of the job is not half as honorable as the size of the man who fills it.
I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.
-John Ruskin (1819-1900)By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life. - Proverbs 22:4