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

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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

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

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