| Let me introduce a man who lived by the motto, | | | | You can do this. |
| "dream big and dare to fail." | | | | Dream big and dare to fail. |
| Norman Vaughan recently died a few days after his | | | | Quotes Difficult times have helped me to understand |
| 100th birthday. | | | | better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is |
| Vaughan served as dog handler and driver in Admiral | | | | in every way and that so many things that one goes |
| Richard Byrd’s expedition to the South Pole in 1928. | | | | worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. Isak |
| He drove the dog teams 1,500 miles across Antarctica | | | | Dinesen |
| to collect scientific data. | | | | Behind every success is a succession of failures. Rick |
| Just a few days before his 89th birthday, Vaughan | | | | Beneteau |
| and his wife returned to Antarctica and climbed to the | | | | The person interested in success has to learn to view |
| top of 10,320-foot Mount Vaughan, the mountain | | | | failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of |
| named in his honor. | | | | getting to the top. Dr. Joyce Brothers |
| Norman Vaughan sought adventure all his life. | | | | The successful man will profit from his mistakes and |
| He finished the 1,100 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | | | | try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie |
| six times after age 70. At age 96 he carried the | | | | Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing |
| Olympic Torch—70 years after he competed in the | | | | necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Henry Ford |
| Olympic Games as a sled dog racer. | | | | The man who makes no mistakes does not usually |
| Vaughan planned to climb Mount Vaughan again to | | | | make anything. Theodore Roosevelt |
| celebrate his 100th birthday, but his funding fell short. | | | | A life spent making mistakes is not only more |
| He wrote two books, "With Byrd at the Bottom of the | | | | honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing |
| World," the story of his South Pole adventure, and "My | | | | nothing. George Bernard Shaw |
| Life of Adventure," about his other exploits. | | | | To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you |
| Norman Vaughan lived his motto, "dream big and dare | | | | have to do is swear off having ideas. Leo Burnett |
| to fail" for 100 years. | | | | You may have to fight a battle more than once to win |
| You may not drive a dog team across Antarctica, but | | | | it. Margaret Thatcher |
| you can dream big and dare to fail. | | | | Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Zig Ziglar |
| Most big dreams have associated risks. And many | | | | I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I |
| people trade their big dreams for comfort and safety. | | | | have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I’ve |
| Don’t trade away your dreams for a little comfort. | | | | been entrusted to take the game winning shot…and |
| Have you have always swallowed your big | | | | missed. And I have failed over and over and over |
| dreams—afraid to put your lesser attainments at | | | | again in my life. And that’s why…I succeed. |
| risk? | | | | Michael Jordan |
| I challenge you to count the cost of chasing your | | | | 1000 Brilliant Achievement Quotes free e-book Start |
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| You will not succeed every step of the way. You will | | | | DeFord will send you encouraging articles filled with |
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