"Banner in the Sky" Quotes
A young man in Switzerland sets out to conquer the mountain that took his father's life.
fiction | 288 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
You can't run away from a thing like that. It doesn't happen often in a man's life, and when it does, it's like an order from God Himself.
There's a time for everything, and every time has its own kind of courage.
Sometimes the greatest courage is in the refusal to fight.
The mountain doesn't kill you; the desire to conquer it does.
The mountain is the master, and man is the student.
We are all poor creatures, groping in the dark, trying to find our way.
There is no shame in being afraid. The only shame is in letting your fear master you.
Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.
It's all right to be afraid. What counts is how you handle fear.
No man is as big as a mountain, but every man can be as strong as one.
