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The proverb separates wanting from receiving, and it does so with an image of altitude rather than of labour. It is used when someone is focused on the reward and has lost sight of the price of it.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
The harder you fight for something, the greater you feel when you achieve it.