Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

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.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles but most of them never happened.

He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness.

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.

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.

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.

All great achievements require time.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

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.

Silence is a source of great strength.

As usual there is a great woman behind every idiot.

That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me but I think she enjoyed it.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

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.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.