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.

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

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

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

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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