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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

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

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

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.