It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe. - Robert W. Service

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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe. - Joe Namath quotes