Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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

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

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.