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    I carry a copy of some of my favorite quotes when I hike. It takes about 6: 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper. Gives me something to read that I know I will like even tho I have read them all many times before.

    Everthing from Yoda: "NO! Try not, do or do not, there is no try."

    To Shakespeare: To be or not to be, that is the question. Weather ‘tis nobler in the mind, to suffer the slings & arrows of outrageous fortune. Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, & by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep, no more, & by a sleep to say we end the heartache & the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep, to sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. There’s the respect that makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips & scorns of time. The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely. The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay, the insolence of office, & the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes. When he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin? Who would fardles bear, to grunt & sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death. The undiscovered country, from whose bourn, no traveler returns, puzzles the will, & makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscious does make cowards of us all & thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, & enterprises of great pith & moment with this regard their currents turn awry, & lose the name of action.

    Nike commercial: You could get mauled by a bear & Die. You could get bit by a snake & Die. You could fall off a cliff & Die. You could get struck by lightning & Die. You could get shot by a hunter & Die. Or, you could stay home, sit on the couch, eat potato chips, & DIE.

    Haiku:
    Walking around camp
    Why do I do this always?
    Trip on my guy lines.

    My thoughts: No problem should be your guide to all matters pertaining to a hike. If you are having a bad day, take a break, smell the flowers, or shorten your hike that day. Just hike to the next shelter, campsite, hostel, town, etc. Go as light as possible! Except for rain gear, if you haven’t used something for a week, send it to the next post office, if you don't need it by the time you get to the post office, send it home, no excuses! Hike at your own pace; don't try to keep up with anyone else! This is your hike; don’t let someone else dictate to you! Get water every chance you can, within reason. At camp, get as much water as you can. Embrace the pain, snoring, rain, bugs, heat, companions, homesickness etc.! Just make it part of the experience & enjoy it. Have a great hike!

    Do you carry along some favorites??

    Or just remember some you would like to share?

    Doctari.
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    "Impressive. Most impressive." -Darth Vader from Empire

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    Here you are...

    Moving in silent desperation, keeping an eye on the Holy Land.
    A hypothetical destination, say, who is this walking man?

    Well, the leaves have come to turning and the goose has gone to fly,
    And bridges are for burning, so don't you let that yearning pass you by.
    Walking man, walking man walks.
    Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks.

    Well the frost is on the pumpkin and the hay is in the barn.
    Pappy's come to rambling on, stumbling around drunk down on the farm.

    And the walking man walks. Doesn't know nothing at all.
    Any other man stops and talks but the walking man walks on by, walk on by.

    James taylor

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    Climb every mountain, search high and low
    Follow every byway, every path you know.
    Climb every mountain, ford every stream,
    Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream!
    From the Sound of Music Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein


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    Most of my favorites cannot be put here for decorum's sake. But I smile everytime I think of them.
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    A shepherd must tend his flock, and at times fight off the wolves.
    So be it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SGT Rock
    Most of my favorites cannot be put here for decorum's sake. But I smile everytime I think of them.

    "I like it hot"

    by SGT. Rock


    and my favorite sgt rock quote

    "most people who think they disagree..agree more than they think"
    "I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey

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    i gasped,i grunted,i farted!!
    mairnt!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mountain Dew
    " I came , I saw, I conquered" - Julius Ceasar

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    My father was a simple man. My mother was a simple woman. You see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton. Author ????

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    enjoyed a few, thanx.

    "A good traveler has no destination and is not intent on arrivial"

    I have about four pages of saved quotes, very good inspiring data. I will start with the above for now as it is relavant to this community.

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    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
    Albert Einstein
    "you ain't settin your sights to high son, but if you want to follow in my tracks I'll help ya up the trail some."

    Rooster Cogburn.

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    "There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living [ie. at work]."

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    Wink

    "Youth is wasted on the young."

    Cheers,

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    Quote Originally Posted by smokymtnsteve
    "I like it hot"

    by SGT. Rock


    and my favorite sgt rock quote

    "most people who think they disagree..agree more than they think"
    You make me look wiser than I am LOL. I never considered myself someone to be quoted. Most of the quotes I like something a drill sergeant would say.
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    Just the facts sir..

    did U or did U not say/make these statements?
    "I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey

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    Yes I did, but I never expected to hear them used again. If I had thought I would be quoted on something I probably would have screwed it up.

    Here are some from my book I kept in Iraq. Whenever I heard a good one over there I wrote it down:

    Cluelessness - "You now know what I know. And for all I know, what I know is incorrect." anonymous general.

    Poor beer math - "We have to replace 5000 Marines with 500 Cavalrymen, so that mean we will all have to work 5 times as hard" my squadron commander in Baghdad.

    Planning - "Hope is not a method of success" - my old Troop XO.

    Getting it done - "You either let S*** happen or you make s*** happen" - 1SG Engman

    Vigilance "MPs sleep peacefully at night because they know that there are rough cavalrymen are out there willing to commit violence on their behalf" - a sign on a HUMMWV in Baghdad. A play on a quote from George Orwell.
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    "In the abundance of water....the fool is thirsty." Bob Marley

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    "Some folks learn by listening, some folks learn by watching... and then there are those that have to piss on the electric fence for themselves"

    "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

    "Technology is simply a means of manipulating the world so you don't have to experience it"

    Men have become the tools of their tools. --Henry David Thoreau

    That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.--Henry David Thoreau

    “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” A. Lincoln

    Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "HOLY SH#T! WHAT A RIDE"
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    the wheels of the gods grind slowyly but efficiently.

    a man looks into the abyss and nothing stares back. it's at this time the man finds his character and it's his character that keeps him out of the abyss.

    i'll rest when i die.

    the same thing that makes you laugh can make you cry.

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