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

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.