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

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

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.

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.