Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

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

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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

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

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

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

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

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

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