Reliable and genuine discipline

Reliable and genuine discipline comes not from repression, but from an
understanding of all the whys and wherefores of our actions.

- Dalai Lama

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”

- “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss through Julie911

It is what you whisper to yourself that has the most power.

“It is not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it is what you whisper to yourself that has the most power.”

- Robert T. Kiyosaki through Julie911

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

- Lao Tzu through Julie911

A trustworthy person

"It is rare in this world to meet a trustworthy person who truly wants to help you, and finding such a person can make you feel warm and safe, even if you are in the middle of a windy valley high up in the mountains."

- Lemony Snicket in "Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid"

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Crying

"Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Frustration brings out the worst in oneself

"Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Shyness

Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Courage

"If one's safety is threatened, one often finds courage one didn't know one had."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

One's regrets

"One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Times to stay put and times to go out and find

"There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

An island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance

"A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been blooded."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

A good library

"A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them"

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

When people ask you if you play a certain game...

"When people ask you if you play a certain game, it is likely that hey are very good at that sport and are hoping you are only mediocre so that you can waste an afternoon losing a game. In such instances the safest action is to run away very quickly as soon as the question is asked."

- Lemony Snicket in "Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid"

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'