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

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

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

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.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

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

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