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

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

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

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

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

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

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

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.