There are two quite different types of people of greatness whose lives uplift, inspire and benefit others of their own time and beyond: superior people and special people.
The lives of superior people express an extraordinary degree of integrity, benevolence, amity, and service to others. Regardless of their position in life, the fundamental virtue of superior people is humility, expressed as self-control and practical selflessness. Because superior people are not grasping or worried types, their purposes are often undergirded by a healthy sense of humor and ability to bring a light-hearted touch to difficult situations.
Such superiority often arises in childhood from a natural, constitutional capacity for self-restraint, responsibility, and concern for others, which develops to a high degree through heightened responsiveness to religious and moral training, education in right valuation, and exposure to superior role models. In the life narratives of superior people, it is almost always possible to identify external conditions of family, social, religious, and educational opportunities that enabled them to rise above and function in a superior manner. Therefore, the development of superiority is a nature/nurture phenomenon, wherein a wholesome and stable mind incorporates learned moral truth and right valuation to stand out as an example of goodness to be emulated.
Superior people do not try to be transformational figures; they stabilize and improve the status quo within their sphere of influence. Without fuss or overblown self-consciousness, superior people discern and actualize the highest ideals and values of their surroundings. Superior people tend to live traditional, balanced, and well rounded lives, behaving with excellence across the scope of their relationships and responsibilities. The identification of superiority is not based upon........