Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James. All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. - Friedrich Nietzsche. To become truly great one has to stand with people, not above them. - Charles de Montesquieu. The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. - Thomas Spencer Monson. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw.