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.

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

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

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

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.