Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
GREAT, ALL DIFFICULT THINGS HAVE THEIR ORIGIN THAT WHICH IS EASY
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
GREAT, UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO DO GREAT THINGS WITH IT
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
GREAT, COURAGE OF HAVING DONE THE THINGS BEFORE
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
GREAT, DO SMALL THINGS IN A GREAT WAY
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
GREAT, MEMORY OF JOY IN PRESENT GRIEF