The great secret of doctors known only to their wives but still hidden from the public is that most things get better by themselves most things in fact are better in the morning.

The very greatest things - great thoughts discoveries inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship often pondered over in sorrow and at length established with difficulty.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life no matter what else there is it's not enough.

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

One of the great things about young people is that they do question that they do care deeply about justice and they they have open minds.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

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

To achieve great things two things are needed a plan and not quite enough time.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high one which sometimes seemed impossible.

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

Life is made up not of great sacrifices or duties but of little things in which smiles and kindness and small obligations given habitually are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

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

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.

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.