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

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.