Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

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

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

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

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

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

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

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