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

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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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

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

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

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

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

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

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