It is not by muscle speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection force of character and judgment.

There is no medicine like hope no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again from zero.

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

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul as clemency and readiness to forgive.

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord but few of us are willing to do little things.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers pillow fights and things but I was used to always cry from loneliness.

Character in great and little things means carrying through what you feel able to do.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil which I have forsaken in my great discouragement and I will go on with my drawing.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength but perseverance.

I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

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

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things but only what is just whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

Only passions great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation and then fail to get it.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning if they be accompanied by a bad training are a much greater misfortune.

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