Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.Marcus Aurelius
You want to get to the top of the cliff. But that's not what you focus on immediately. You focus on the next ledge just beyond your reach, because you need to do one clever thing to get up there. And then, once you get there, you do it again. A lot of this is rather boring and not very glamorous. But you can't jump cliffs in a single bound.Terence Tao