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

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

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

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

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

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

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.