It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard read more

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was read more

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new read more

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

The future is not a gift -- it is an achievement.

The future is not a gift -- it is an achievement.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.