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

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

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

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

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

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

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

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

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.