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

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

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

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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

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

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