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

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

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

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

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.