Give me but a firm spot on ...

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.
 Archimedes

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Who sows virtue reaps honor.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
 George S. Patton
We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in.
 Steven Pressfield
See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.
 Yagyu Munenori

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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
 Archimedes
Many people believe that the grains of sand are infinite in multitude ... Others think that although their number is not without limit, no number can ever be named which will be greater than the number of grains of sand. But I shall try to prove to you that among the numbers which I have named there are those which exceed the number of grains in a heap of sand the size not only of the earth, but even of the universe
 Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
 Archimedes