Fall down nine times, get up ten.

Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today’s actions 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?

Compared with the awesome might and eternal power of the ocean, no human being can fail to be reminded of their own insignificance.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I have become an environmental campaigner.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.

Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important.

It's amazing how resourceful you can become when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's only one way to get to the other side.

I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom.

Never confuse Motion with Action.

Vladimir Putin is only going to respond to action, strength, and resolve. He's not going to respond to words.

That was the Liam Stewart way of saying, Hi, darlin', missed you something fierce.

I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic.

It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.

Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment.

A pygmy standing on the outward crust of this small planet, his far-reaching spirit stretches outward to the infinite, and there alone finds rest.