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.

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

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

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

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

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

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.