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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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

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

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.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

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.