"Climb the mountain so you can see the……" — David McCullough
"Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you."
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David McCullough
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96 Quotes by David McCullough
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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
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Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules,…
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In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth…
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The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
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Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour…
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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power…
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We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The…
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Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
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Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view.…
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More Climb Quotes
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If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
— Roger Bannister
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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.
— Mary J. Blige
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
— Robert Burton
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The allegedly 'classy' magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up…
— Julie Burchill
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
— Michael Caine
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You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
— Andrew Carnegie
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Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb…
— Zig Ziglar
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When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
— Confucius
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Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit…
— Yvon Chouinard
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