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

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.