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

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

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

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

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

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

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