Matthew Henson quotes
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“There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small environment of a groveling life, and there can be no vision to the man the horizon of whose vision is limited by the bounds of self. But the great things of the world, the great accomplishments of the world, have been achieved by men who had high ideals and who have received great visions. The path is not easy, the climbing is rugged and hard, but the glory at the end is worthwhile.”
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“It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.”
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“I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.”
-- Matthew Henson
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”
Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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“To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.”
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“One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.”
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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
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