Tim Thronson

“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

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“Like looking through a telescope into the Milky Way and wondering if we're alone in the universe, it made me realize with the glaring clarity of desert light how scarce and delicate life is, how insignificant we are compared with the forces of nature and the dimensions of space. (...) We are not grand because we are at the top of the food chain or because we can alter our environment - the environment will outlast us with its unfathomable forces and unyielding powers. But rather than be bound and defeated by our insignificance, we are bold because we exercise our will anyway, despite the ephemeral and delicate presence we have in this desert, on this planet, in this universe.”
― Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. -Horace”
― Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place