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

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

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

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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

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

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

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.