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

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.