Jim Whittaker famous quotes
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If you're not living a life on the edge you're taking up too much space! ... You learn the most when you're out of your comfort zone!
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You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.
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Being out on the edge, with everything at risk, is where you learn and grow the most.
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You don't really conquer a mountain, you conquer yourself. You overcome sickness & everything else - your pains, aches, fears - to reach the summit.
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If you're ever killed mountain climbing, then all that you've worked for is gone
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You learn the most when you’re out on the edge.
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Phil Ershler is a world class climber and guide. Sue Ershler is a first class businesswoman. But their story is not just about climbing and business. It is about two people in love who switch leads in life’s hard climb. A great read—inside or outside a tent!
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You learn the most when you’re out on the edge.
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In dire times of survival it's not uncommon for people to turn to their faith and that was also true for the men on the oil tanker Pendleton, which was cut in half by 60-foot waves during the hurricane.
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The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?
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Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"....I met his gaze and I did not blink. "Words of comfort," I said to my father.
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That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.
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The more I accuse myself, the more right I have to judge you. Even better, I make you judge yourself, which comforts me the more.
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Let's stop somebody from doing something! Everybody does too much.
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I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff.
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Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.
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You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.
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Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
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I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.
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