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In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free - free over untouched snow country. 
To be bound to one slope, even one mountain, by a lift may be convenient but it 
robs us of the greatest pleasure that skiing can give, that is to travel 
through the wide wintery country; to follow the lure of peaks which tempt on the horizon and 
to be alone for a few days or even hours in clear, mysterious surroundings.
Hans Gmoser

Nothing hardens the muscles and makes the body so strong and elastic, nothing gives 
better presence of mind and nimbleness; nothing steels the will power and freshens 
the mind as cross country skiing. This is something that develops not only the body 
but also the soul -- it has a far deeper meaning for people than many are aware of.
Fridtjof Nansen 

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. 
Anais Nin 

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
Ursula K. Leguin

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David Thoreau

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Hellen Keller

Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others.
Thomas Jefferson

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
Miles Davis

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.
Isaak Dinesen

There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Sir Rannulph Fiennes. 

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
George Burns. 

We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.
George Leigh Mallory

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, awake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it reality.
T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). 

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. 
W. Somerset Maugham

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country. 
Steven Wright