Effort

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office

Small projects need much more help than great ones

Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art

Great things are done when men and mountains meet

To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and, baffled, get up and begin again

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately

There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

All of nature is a battlefield

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest

It is much safer to obey, than to govern

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Restless work conquers everything.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage