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

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

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

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

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

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

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

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

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