What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

There are defeats more triumphant than victories.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom

Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into.