46 Quotes by Laurence Gonzales

We're all born with the survival instinct. But I think the true survivors, who get out of really bad situations, are ones who have lived in a certain way that directs them towards survival,

Well, where am I really? I'm 200 feet off the ground in a manmade maze.

They think, 'If something bad happens, it doesn't matter whose fault it is, I'm going to take care of it,'

Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway.

The summit is not the only place on the mountain.

The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.

The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick from the dead. It’s not even what’s in your mind. Corny as it sounds, it’s what’s in your heart.

We think we believe what we know, but we only truly believe what we feel.

Count your blessings. Be grateful-- you're alive