“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.”– Washington Irving Related Quotes “Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.”– John Keats “All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”– James Freeman Clarke “Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.”– Albert Pike