What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pike
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.
Albert Pike
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.