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

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

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.