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

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

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

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

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

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

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.