One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.