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Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. - Edward Young

Our daily thoughts should be elevated above the ceiling.
W. W. Loflin

Without sweat and toil no work is made perfect.
Latin Proverb

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible."
Napoleon Hill

Not what we think or say but what we do, will have its effect upon the world.
Robert Roy McNulty

Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
Publilius Syrus

You must scale the mountain if you would view the plain.
Chinese Saying

It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it.
W. Mitchell

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to human spirit.
Helen Keller

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
Philip Massinger

To fulfill the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.
Willa Cather

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
Menander, Fragments

Reflect a long time, then decide promptly.
Mayer Anselm Bauer von Rothschild

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
Walt Whitman

Life is a series of surprises, and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first. - William Shakespeare