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Robert W. Service Quotes: It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
         

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.


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Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.



Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.



A promise made is a debt unpaid.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.



Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.



Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.



No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.



The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire



It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.



This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.



Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.





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