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

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

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

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

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

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

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

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

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

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