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

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

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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

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

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

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

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

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.