“A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can't get you to the top. That's entirely up to you.”
"The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below."
- Roland Smith
Success
"...what makes a story unique is not necessarily the information in the story but what the writer chooses to put in or leave out."
- Roland Smith
Creativity
"When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall. Not all the stones will fit. Some will have to be discarded. Some broken and reshaped. When you finish the wall it may not look exactly like the wall you envisioned, but it will keep the livestock in and the predators out."
- Roland Smith
Learning
"You don't have to be alone to feel alone."
- Roland Smith
Connection to Earth
"For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God."
- Roland Smith
Ambition
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage