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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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

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

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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

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

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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