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

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

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

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

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

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