(Hippocrates)
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
(Marston Bates)
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
(Edith Sitwell)
Self-confidence is a learnable skill, like typing or riding a bicycle. You develop it with practice.
(Anonymous)
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done
(Allard Lowenstein)
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
(H. Jackson Brown, Jr.)
Sustainability: the ability of the travel surface to support current and anticipated appropriate uses with minimal impact to the adjoining natural systems and cultural resources. Sustainable trails have negligible soil loss or movement and allow the naturally occurring plant systems to inhabit the area, while allowing for the occasional pruning and removal of plants necessary to build and maintain the trail. If well built, a sustainable trail minimizes seasonal muddiness and erosion. It should not normally affect natural fauna adversely nor require re-routing and major maintenance over long periods of time.
(USDI National Park Service)
Hiking trails provide the entire American family with perhaps the most economical, most varied form of outdoor recreation. So this new law (The National Trails System Act of 1968) gives us a much needed opportunity to preserve and more widely enjoy many significant parts of our country's natural heritage. The goal is to provide all of us, no matter where we live, with easy access to a wide variety of trails suited to our tastes and needs whether we are grandparents on a Sunday stroll, kids on bikes or horseback, or veteran hikers.
(Gaylord Nelson)