“Stay away from people who belittle your ambition, small people do that, but great people make you like to be great!”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
“Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”
“You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.”
“The key to keep a great friendship is not to make friends with the people who are really not your friend.”
“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.”