Forget what one is leaving behind and focus all attention on the task at hand

When being dropped off on his attempt to reach north pole on foot.

"I was now fully aware that from here on, I would be totally alone in the face of my challenge. Until now, I had been helped, surrounded, financed, supported, and conveyed by people who believed in me. But once that helicopter lifted off and carried away the last of those people, it would be up to me to play this game -- me and me alone."..."Nobody said another word. The emotions were beyond words. Everyone knew that what I was about to try to do would define the next stage of my life."..."Everyone climbed back into the helicopter, which quickly took off. I turned my back on the aircraft as it labored into the air, to face what awaited me. For the moment, what I most needed to do was to forget what I was leaving behind and focus all my attention on the task at hand."

- Mike Horn in 'Conquering the Impossible"

stay alive ... then make it through

"in the virgin jungle of amazon. My original goal had been to make it through the jungle. Then, after being bitten by a poisonous snake and struggling for five days, balanced on the brink of death, my goal changed. It became to stay alive ... then make it through the jungle."

- Mike Horn in "Conquering the impossible"

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The line between good and evil

The line between good and evil runs "through the human heart,"

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Nice prayer

May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those who are in the path
A boat for those to cross the flood
May I be a resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for those who are sick
Food for the hungry
May I be a lamp for those in darkness
May I bring sustenance for awakening
Until all being are free from sorrow and all are awake and together.

- Shanti Dev (Ancient Indian Sage)

Assets of an explorer

"Objectively, I can say that I posses two main assets as an explorer: a rock solid temperament and a solid capacity for physical endurance."

- Mike Horn in 'Conquering the Impossible'

Preparation and training for success

"I did have enough experience to know one thing. I didn't have a prayer of succeeding without the kind of rigorous preparation and training that would make me capable of surviving in that (north pole) environment."

- Mike horn in 'Conquering the impossible'