(Benjamin Disraeli)
It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
(Vince Lombardi)
You can have more than you've got, because you can become more than you are.
(Jim Rohn)
Single minded concentration toward your major goal gives you a sense of power, purpose and self-direction.
(Anonymous)
When the sun's behind the mountain and the frost is in the air. We're up and off and hiking on our way. We don't know where we're going and we don't supremely care. But we'll be there when the evening ends the day. Up the rocky slopes we clamber and then down the other side. Through forests and across the rocky streams. Through a land of bright enchantment where the vision opens wide. And we find the wide horizon of our dreams.
(Joseph Hazard)
We emerge then, with some of the philosophy of the ?long trail. ' Basically the formula is simple. You start with a geological feature, such as a mountain range, that is not too highly developed yet close enough to the people that will use it. You clear a trail along it for recreational use, and mark the route with some standard marking. You build simple overnight shelters close to a supply of good, natural drinking water, and protect the land nearby so that you can keep the kind of trail you want. You tell the people about it and give them a guidebook to help them plan a safe and comfortable journey. The area encompassing a long trail may be too long and narrow to be managed efficiently by one single organization or agency, and a cooperative program of many groups may be needed.
(Stan Murray)