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

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

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

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

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

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

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

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

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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