Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

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

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

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

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

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.