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

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

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

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

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

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.