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 . . .
Source: The Autobiography of Margot Asquith, vol. 1, ch. 8 (1920).
-- Margot Asquith, (Feb 2 1864-1945), English author; She was an eccentric, outspoken and shrewd influence on social, fashionable English life.