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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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

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

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

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