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

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

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.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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

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.

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

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