Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

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

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

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

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

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

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.