Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
GREAT, CEASELESS BATTLE TO BRING SUCCESS
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
GREAT, BASED ON GREAT COMMON SENSE
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.
GREAT, DREAMS NOT ONLY PLAN BUT ALSO BELIEVE
Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.