Source: The Friends of Voltaire (1906), Ch. 2 : Diderot : The Talker, p. 61
“The great in Evil, and the great in [Goodness|Good]]—both leave an immortal residue.”
Part 3, Chapter 12 (p. 181)
Nifft the Lean (1982)
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“Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.”
XIV, 6. Compare: "They ’re only truly great who are truly good", George Chapman, Revenge for Honour, Act v. Sc. 2.
Deipnosophistae (2nd century)

“Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark begind.”

De Potentia (On Power) q. 3, art. 6, ad 4

Progress In Religion (2000)
Context: I am neither a saint nor a theologian. To me, good works are more important than theology. We all know that religion has been historically, and still is today, a cause of great evil as well as great good in human affairs. We have seen terrible wars and terrible persecutions conducted in the name of religion. We have also seen large numbers of people inspired by religion to lives of heroic virtue, bringing education and medical care to the poor, helping to abolish slavery and spread peace among nations. Religion amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls.

Book 3, Chapter 4 (p. 669)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)

As cited in: Margaret A. Byrnes, Jeanne Baxter (2006), The Principal's Leadership Counts!. p. 99
Good To Great And The Social Sectors, 2005

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, chapter 3.
The Sunday Philosophy Club series