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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

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

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

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

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

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

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

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

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