Quote by Thornton Wilder
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The test of an adventure is that when youre in the middle of it, you say to yourself, Oh, now Ive got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that somethings wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure. – Thornton Wilder

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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. – Sir Winston Churchill

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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. – Laurence Sterne

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The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. – Aesop

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