"Together we knew toil, joy and pain. My fervent wish is that the nine of us who were united in face of death should remain fraternally united through life."

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Source : Maurice Herzog (2011). “Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak”, p.9, Open Road Media

Maurice Herzog

#Pain Quotes #Joy Quotes #Together Quotes

“Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant-and perhaps even the only-source of competitive advantage.”
“We expect to see the day when temples will dot the earth, each one a house of the Lord.”
“I have often thought that the aim of port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you should be reminded of the splendid occasion the night before.”

Source : John Bunyan, John Stachniewski, Anita Pacheco (1998). “Grace Abounding with Other Spiritual Autobiographies”, p.274, Oxford University Press, USA
“If a man were poor or hungry, [some] would say, let us pray for him. I would suggest a little different regimen for a person in this condition: rather take him a bag of flour and a little beef or pork, and a little sugar and butter. A few such comforts will do him more good than your prayers. And I would be ashamed to ask the Lord to do something that I would not do myself. Then go to work and help the poor yourselves first, and do all you can for them, and then call upon God to do the balance.”
“For me, it's Jesus plus nothing-...”
“With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.”
“The social arrangements that produce responsibility are arrangements that create coercion, of some sort.”
“My hair walks into a room before I do.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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