Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

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

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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

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

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

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

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