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

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.