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

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

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

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.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.