Last night I came across this awe inspiring verse of Iqbal:
He (the poet) is inspired by the notable position of the hard worker in the scheme of this world who gets his iron-made gadget sharpened by the rock (he sharpens his iron gadget from rock). His sweat and toil has helped his name remain alive in the world like emperor Sikandar and he does not need ‘Khizar’ to get ‘Aab e Hayat’. His sweat and toil will keep him alive in the hearts of generations to come. Booker T. Washington said, “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”