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Inspirational quotes

 

We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.”.... Earnest...

 

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Why does one do these things? It’s definitely a powerful experience . In some ways it’s a very pointless but at one time, not so long ago there was enough risk in life that you did not want to go out pursuing these things for fun whereas now everything is so safe and sanitised and boring that there are some people myself included who feel the need to experience the danger , the apprehension, the sensations, the power, the decision making…you know .

 

With your seat belt on and your central heating turned up you need to get away from all that .............to get back to something a little more fundamental.

 

Leo Holding

 

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Impossible is just a word that makes me try harder

 

Strong is what you have left when you have used up all your weak.

 

Don’t trust the grown ups! You need courage. You have to be a rebel.

 

Most people would be better off with more pain in their lives"

 

The only distance you need to conquer in this race is 5 inches....The five inches between your ears.

 

You are a middle aged man with a heart of a lion.

 

“The thing you didn’t plan for is coming right your way”

 

“It’s easy to be average, that’s why it’s so popular”

 

“When something seems hard it’s time to do something harder”

 

Something is bound to go wrong, what’s important is how you deal with it, accept it - solve it - forget it”

 

LOVE THE PAIN, FEEL THE PAIN, EMBRACE THE PAIN, BE THE PAIN....

 

If you can't take the pain. take the bus. C Swallow

 

You can't be bored when you are in pain.

 

So many things cost these days. Pain doesn't.    With this race  you have an all you can eat pain buffet voucher.

 

tell your partners...I am going out for a while. I may be some time.

 

You only know how strong you are when strong is the only option.

 

Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were stronger.

 

The mountains will always win, the least you can do is compete.

 

Pain has made a pact with you.... 'At the top of this hill i'll leave you alone'

 

Life is a pain sandwich. You need to ask yourself what sauces would you like with your sandwich"

 

Make friends with pain and you will never be lonely again (joss Naylor)

 

You paid to do this.

 

If your brain is saying it hurts tell your brain "it feels nice"

 

Is the bach near the sea?

 

If someone kicks you in the b*lls Think at least they didn't kick me in the b*lls twice" (aka glass half full theory-Swallow)

 

Think flat and the undulation IS  flat (D Kettles)

 

Alley of Thorns -No cryng out or you will be booed" Weakness is not tolerated

 

I don't stop when i am tired. I stop when i am done.

 

Old chinese proverb says shū shì suí shí xié dài de huā yuán

 

If one should ask me what "use" there was in climbing, or attempting to climb the world's highest peak, I would be compelled to answer "none." There is no scientific end to be served; simply the gratification of the impulse of achievement, the indomitable desire to see what lies beyond the heart of man.” 
― George Mallory

 

So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won’t see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.”  George M

 

If you exercise your body you also look after your mind.
The “Comfort Zone” is the problem in life. Imagine you wake on a rainy morning. The rain bangs on your windows. It’s easier to stay in your nice bed than go for a walk in the rain. But in the evening you think “what a boring day.”
If you do it, if you get out of bed and walk in the rain then you will look back on the day and think “what a wonderful day.”
Comfort really is a bad thing. We are striving for comfort all the time. But it kills you.

 

 

 

 

 

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