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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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.