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

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

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

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

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

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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