The Altitude Journals Quotes

“It is advisable to yield on price when bartering at the point of a bayonet.”
― David J. Mauro, The Altitude Journals: A Seven-Year Journey from the Lowest Point in My Life to the Highest Point on Earth

“Along the way, I learned that a person
does not come to believe in himself by climbing mountains,
but by facing his problems. I learned that the only way
to truly experience love is to risk your heart completely. I
was shown the courage to live genuinely and the power
of forgiveness. My path taught me to listen, trust, and act;
to place the success of others before my own; and to value
the potential for making a difference in the life of a child.
But most of all I learned that every big mountain is really
just a lot of little mountains, and they can only be climbed
one at a time. What’s more, your ability to climb today’s
mountain is largely dependent on whether you found joy
in climbing yesterday’s”
― David J. Mauro, The Altitude Journals: A Seven-Year Journey from the Lowest Point in My Life to the Highest Point on Earth