Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

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

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

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

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

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

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

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

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

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