Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

Gordon R. Dickson
Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was...
Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was...
Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was...
Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was...
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George Bernard Shaw said, "Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left." The quote is about reaching the top of any mountain. You have to go up first before you can go down.

Source: Soldier, Ask Not

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