“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”

—  Muhammad Ali

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

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African American boxer, philanthropist and activist 1942–2016

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