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

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

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

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

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

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

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

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

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

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