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.
More quotes from Robert Service
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
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It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
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Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
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His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.
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No man can be a failure if he thinks he’s a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.
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Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.
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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.
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I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that’s not too new.
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