Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

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

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

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

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

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

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