Alfred Wainwright quotes

“You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again.”
-- Alfred Wainwright

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“The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while there is still time will be blessed both in mind and body.”
-- Alfred Wainwright

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“I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains and a tranquil mind upon reaching their summits, as though I had escaped from the disappointments and unkindness of life and emerged above them into a new world, a better world.”
-- Alfred Wainwright

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“An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering.”
-- Alfred Wainwright

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“There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.”

“An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a place where there is nothing new to a place where there is nothing old, where everything renews itself, where heaven and earth rejoice as at the moment of creation.”

“We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.”

“Nature's standard operating procedure, pairing a population explosion with a population crash.”

“My basic rule is, if it could possibly come from the end user, it's not a run-time crash. But if it is my code to my code, I crash it as hard as possible—fail as early as possible.”

“You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist.”

“Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.”

“I was extremely lucky. I had some huge crashes and yet I am still here, thanks to God.”

Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. 2002.

“Decisions are made by those who show up.”

Source : Aaron Sorkin (2002). “The West Wing”

“I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.”