"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny." Carl Schurz 
“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes