Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
GREAT, BITTER EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT US HOW FUNDAMENTAL OUR VALUES
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.