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

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

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

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

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

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

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

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

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.