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

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

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

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

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

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

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

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

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

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