Tim Thronson

“dum spiro, spero
-Part of the official state motto of South Carolina. Literally, "While I breathe, I hope" Or more loosely, "Where there is life, there is hope.”
― Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“It was the first time the features and formative processes of the desert had made me pause and absorb just how small and brave we are, we the human race.”
― Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Basis of the Motion Picture 127 Hours

“I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter helplessness, every article of evidence to the contrary, to ignore apparent catastrophe--what other choice was there?... We are so much stronger than we imagine, and belief is one of the most valiant and long lived human characteristics. To believe, when all along we humans know that nothing can cure the briefness of life, that there is no remedy for basic mortality, that is a form of bravery. To continue believing in yourself... believing in whatever I chose to believe in, that was the most important thing.....”
― Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the top of the mountains, but to improve the man.”
― Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place