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

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

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

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

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.

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