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

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.

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

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.

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

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

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

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.