
“I want to plant a few more seeds here and there before they plant me.”
The Malay Archipelago (1869)
“I want to plant a few more seeds here and there before they plant me.”
p, 125
How Plants are Trained to Work for Man (1921) Vol. 5 Gardening
As quoted by Les Biederman—who, not coincidentally, notes both Clemente's successful suppression of "the home run urge" and his ability to "hit for distance with the best" (the former earning the "unqualified praise of George Sisler")—in The Sporting News (June 1, 1960), p. 7
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1960</big>
“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”
Source: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Address at Illinois College (1881)
Source: 1900s, Our National Parks (1901), chapter 10: The American Forests
"Chapter III," Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball (1928), pp. 32-33; reprinted as "Babe Ruth's Own Story — Chapter III: Pitching the Keynote of Defense; The Pitcher's Job; Why Young Hurlers Fail," https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r0sbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J0sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6011%2C3899916 in The Pittsburgh Press (December 23, 1928), p. 52