Michael Sliney

• “Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.” —Edward Whymper

“By endurance we conquer.” Ernest Shackleton

“I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of him which he has failed to grant. I am astonished at the great favors which God has bestowed on me through this blessed saint, and at the perils from which He has freed me, both in body and in soul.” St. Teresa of Avila

“Starve your distractions, feed your focus.”

“Who is the happiest of man?  He who values the  merits of others and in their pleasure takes joy.” (Goethe)