All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

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

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

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

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.