“it wasn't the mountain ahead that wears you out, but the grain of sand in your shoe”
Source: The Beach Trees
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Karen White 10
American writer 1964Related quotes

“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”
Variant: It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

“Sometimes, that mountain you've been climbing, is just a grain of sand.”
From her hit single, So Small from the album, Carnival Ride (2007).

“We call it a grain of sand
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.”
"View with a Grain of Sand"
Poems New and Collected (1998), The People on the Bridge (1986)
Context: We call it a grain of sand
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.
It does just fine without a name,
whether general, particular,
permanent, passing,
incorrect or apt.

“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”

“Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.”
Source: The Princess Bride
“No matter what you wear… to me, you will always have diamonds on the soles of your shoes.”
Source: Lover Avenged
Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World (2001): 2001 Gift Edition