"Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven."

-- James Hastings

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“There are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones.”
“On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the midst of the turbulent Gulf Stream itself. She was jumping like a porpoise over the uneasy waves”

Source : Joshua Slocum (2015). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.176, Booklassic
“What a person is for himself, what abides with him in his loneliness and isolation, and what no one can give or take away from him, this is obviously more essential for him than everything that he possesses or what he may be in the eyes of others...”
“You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.”
“Donâ€™t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much thereâ€™s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.”
“I started out as a teenager I was a snooker player, or pool player. Through that I met some other teenagers that were gamblers, if you will, who started basement games. I was just sort of learning on the go, losing my $10.”

Source : Source: pokerworks.com
“The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.”
“I have learned that track doesn't define me. My faith defines me. I'm running because I have been blessed with a gift.”

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