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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.