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

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

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

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

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

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