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

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

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