The saints aren't made from other material, they're humans just like us. In this they differ: they took seriously the question of their salvation. Seraphim of Sarov
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors. Clarence Darrow
Creeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambezi, and saw that a stream of a thousand yards broad leaped down a hundred feet [30 m] and then became suddenly compressed into a space of fifteen to twenty yards. David Livingstone
The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers. Armenian Proverb
You can best shoot an eagle with an arrow made from its own feathers. Russian Proverb
Hell's roof is made from lost causes. Portuguese Proverb