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

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

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

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

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

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

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

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.