It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
More Quotes from Robert W. Service:
The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.Robert W. Service
Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.
Robert W. Service
This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive That surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.
Robert W. Service
I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.
Robert W. Service
I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.
Robert W. Service
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