Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

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

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

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

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.