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“Presenting the world a stiff upper lip was not enough anymore. Now Speke needed to endure—to persevere. Or, as Nile duel moderator David Livingstone liked to say, Speke would need to “Bash on, regardless.”
― Martin Dugard, The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

“You can do a lot for the morale of the people around you (and therefore the people around them) just by taking the guesswork out of their day-to-day life.”
― Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

“that overwhelming desire to find a way to succeed, if only to be spared public humiliation.”
― Martin Dugard, The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

“Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.”
― Martin Dugard, The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success