Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.