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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

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

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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