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

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

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

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

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

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

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.