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

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

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

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

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

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

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

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

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

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.