Michelangelo

The idea is there, locked inside, and all you have to do is remove the excess stone.

You conquer every hardness with your eyes, as you do likewise every light; so if it can happen that one can die of joy, now would be the time.

You only give me what you have left over, and you want things from me that I do not have.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.