The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Copy Quote View & ShareTo achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
Copy Quote View & ShareCould a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
Copy Quote View & ShareGreatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Copy Quote View & ShareDo you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Copy Quote View & ShareGreat talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
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