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

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.