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

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

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

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

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

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

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

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