The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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