There is No Glory Without Struggle and Sacrifice

Think about it.

Celebrity may be bought with gold, but glory is bought with effort and blood. I don't know of any culture that grants glory on the cheap.

Power is a commodity that can be traded, but glory is shared only amongst those that earn it.

Shakespeare rounded it up pretty well... And gentlemen in England now-a-bed, shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks, that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day -- Henry V

As little use as I have for Nietzsche, he understood that struggle is the road to glory and a great struggle is won through great investment and sacrifice. A great opponent makes us better that we were and that which does not kill us, makes us stronger.

Be patient in your struggles. Appreciate them. A lack of challenges and struggles is not a blessing. It is a curse. Be persistent in your efforts. Go under, around or over the impediments.

And when you reach the objective, savor the moment and the glory.