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

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

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

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

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

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

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

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

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

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