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

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

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

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

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.