“Perhaps the true purpose of life is simply to express ourselves as best we can. Maybe my ability to keep finding new challenges appropriate to my age is part of the happiness, the thing that keeps me young, creative, and full of life. The setbacks and the opposition I've encountered are all part of my happiness. I have grown as a result and am still able to lead a self-determined life.”
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Reinhold Messner, born on September 17, 1944, is an Italian mountaineer renowned for his extraordinary achievements in the field of mountaineering. He is the first person to summit the highest peak on each of the seven continents and the first to climb Mount Everest solo. Messner is celebrated for his contributions to mountaineering and his dedication to the sport. more
“I teach the world how to treat me by the way I treat myself, and the way I present myself.”
“Self-determination makes one unfit for slavery, reason makes one unfit for manipulation.”
“In life what matters most is that you believe in yourself and that you know your worth.”
“The Superpower of all Superpowers has to be Self-Determination”
“If I think myself to be made in my own image, I will have been unmade by my own hand.”