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Scott Sheaffer
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(page 69 of 448)
"I'm not depressed but know people who are and wanted to learn more about it. The beginning is a bit weird in the long preface is all about how the reader should trust the author or the solutions he is sharing in the rest of the book won't work. Oh well, I'm off to begin chapter 1." — Feb 20, 2014 06:28AM
"I'm not depressed but know people who are and wanted to learn more about it. The beginning is a bit weird in the long preface is all about how the reader should trust the author or the solutions he is sharing in the rest of the book won't work. Oh well, I'm off to begin chapter 1." — Feb 20, 2014 06:28AM
Scott Sheaffer
is currently reading
progress:
(page 7 of 320)
"I picked this up at Olympia National Park. My family and I have visited over 45 of the National Parks and I thought this book of short stories as recounted by park employees and volunteers would help me to re-live the experience I had while visiting the park that's highlighted in the stories. I've loved many of the parks and my expectations are high for this book." — Jul 14, 2016 09:19AM
"I picked this up at Olympia National Park. My family and I have visited over 45 of the National Parks and I thought this book of short stories as recounted by park employees and volunteers would help me to re-live the experience I had while visiting the park that's highlighted in the stories. I've loved many of the parks and my expectations are high for this book." — Jul 14, 2016 09:19AM
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"I was 75 percent done when I loaned this book to a friend who became interested when I attempted to describe it. Guess it will remain on hold until I buy a replacement or my friend decides to give it back. Lesson learned!" — Aug 03, 2013 09:23AM
"I was 75 percent done when I loaned this book to a friend who became interested when I attempted to describe it. Guess it will remain on hold until I buy a replacement or my friend decides to give it back. Lesson learned!" — Aug 03, 2013 09:23AM
“Unfortunately, these days, too many people are overcoming their knowledge deficits with passion, and too many more people are mistaking “passion” and “authenticity” for righteousness and sophistication. It is an unhealthy trend.”
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
“John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
“Government does not exist to end your suffering; it exists in order to create the proper structure, based on equality and justice, so that you may pursue your own happiness.”
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
“Carl Jung, the renowned psychologist, summed it up: “The foundation of all mental illness is the avoidance of true suffering.”
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
“I will not quit in the face of danger or pain or self-doubt; I will not justify the easier path before me. I decide that all my actions, not just some, matter. Every small task is a contribution toward a higher purpose. Every day is undertaken with a sense of duty to be better than I was yesterday, even in the smallest of ways. I seek out hardship. I do not run from pain but embrace it, because I derive strength from my suffering. I confront the inevitable trials of life with a smile. I plan to keep my head, to be still, when chaos overwhelms me. I will tell the story of my failures and hardships as a victor, not a victim. I will be grateful. Millions who have gone before me have suffered too much, fought too hard, and been blessed with far too little, for me to squander this life. So I won’t. My purpose will be to uphold and protect the spirit of our great republic, knowing that the values we hold dear can be preserved only by a strong people. I will do my part. I will live with Fortitude.”
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
― Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage
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