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

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

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

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.

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

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