Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise.
E. V. Cooke
Oh, trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it. And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it.
E. V. Cooke
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.
E. V. Cooke
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.