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

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

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

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

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

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