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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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