"All I can say is to never, ever stop believing that things are possible. It may be cliché, but don’t be afraid to dream. Someone once said that luck is simply preparedness meets opportunity. Be prepared. And dream away." — Rebecca Nimerfroh Stay Wild Magazine, Winter 2016, "Slurpee Waves"
"We’re all stories, in the end… just make it a good one, eh?" — 11th Doctor Doctor Who, "The Big Bang"
"Dreams have a funny way of becoming reality when you put yourself in the position for them to happen." — Katie Lambert Alpinist Magazine, Issue 66, "Magic Line"
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Airman's Odyssey
"If you set out with purpose to do something amazing, you invariably find that circumstance will lend a hand." — Andy Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick's Climbing Notes, "Hard Things Easy"
"It’s not about a list. It’s about the experiences. The list just gets you out there." — Brendon Leonard Semi-Rad, "The Point Of Doing Pointless Things With Your Friends"
"Setting goals and being too focused on your goal can prevent you from taking other opportunities that are presenting themselves to you. It’s better to lead your life by dreams and what if’s than by concrete goals that you’re 100% dedicated to." — Unknown heard on a podcast
"Set goals for what you want to feel rather than what you want to accomplish. Nothing ever goes quite to plan, so leave yourself open to opportunities." — Unknown heard on a podcast
"If we’ve written the endings before we’ve lived them, we’re doomed for disappointment." — Andrew Steven Adventure Journal, "Trail Weight: Losing 100 Pounds to Hike the John Muir Trail"
"What’s the point of being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes?" — 4th Doctor Doctor Who, "Robot"
"When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better." — Elton Pope Doctor Who, "Love and Monsters"
"The trick is to die young as late as possible." — Wolf Bauer via Lowell Skoog Written in the Snows
"If you cultivate your ability to create Adventure, wherever you are, you will feel alive." — Paul Ramer Backcountry Magazine, Issue 2, "Where's the Adventure?"
"Maybe it’s the sun’s first light on these ancient cliffs, or the heavy current of the river, the feeling that this place exists outside of human time. But here, I start to feel like myself again." — Hilary Oliver She Explores, Episode 3, "Being Here: How the Outdoors Make Us Feel"
"This is what our life is like; full of joy, full of sadness, full of longing, full of success, and of bitter disappointments. So full of happiness and suffering at the same time, that sometimes there is just too much of everything. It is then that we grow old." — Nejc Zaplotnik, translated by Mimi Marinsek Alpinist Magazine, Issue 74, "Nejc Zaplotnik, Mountain Poet"
"I believe that fear is the most powerful and detrimental emotion in life and the biggest culprit keeping us from our dreams...Fear can keep you alive, but it can also keep you from living." — Jeremy Jones The Art of Shralpinism
"There's usually a great outcome if you train your mind to look for one." — Jeremy Jones The Art of Shralpinism
"What surprises me most is 'Man,' because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn't enjoy the present; the result being he doesn't live in the present or the future; he lives as if he's never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived." — The Dalai Lama
"Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams" — Unknown
"[Art] is getting on the other side of your brain and letting it take you for a ride." — Jeremy Jones The Art of Shralpinism
