“The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power of a unified, talented, prepared team that stays loyally committed to one another and to their shared vision to the end.” EndsStoriesMotivationalIndividualVisionTeamMountainAchievementPreparedExtraordinaryCommittedClimbingUnifiedMountain ClimbingMost InspiringIndividual AchievementShared Vision Book:The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
“Millions upon millions of people came here full of hope and aspiration to this extraordinary land of liberty and opportunity, and helped build the United States. So the Atlantic Ocean was absolutely critical to the story of America.” PeopleStatesStoriesAmericaOpportunityUnitedLibertyMillionsUnited StatesLandOceanExtraordinaryCriticalAspirationAtlantic Ocean Author:Simon Winchester
“There is always something of the writer in the work but I don't think Melville had to be swallowed by a whale to write a great novel. If I had lived the lives of all the characters of the songs I've written, that would truly be an extraordinary story.” IfsThinkingWritingCharacterStoriesSongNovelWrittenExtraordinaryWhalesGreat NovelsMelville Author:Michael Stipe
“Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying I dont love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because Im always struggling with it myself.” PeopleHumansIdeasStoriesFilmEmotionStruggleEventsOrdinaryDoctorsExtraordinaryThis LifePreferenceOrdinary PeopleTangledLove Films Author:Sophie Okonedo
“Ive always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may not have access to in my regular life - like being a superhero! Also, I would always put on shows for my family and the neighbors; I guess I was an actor before I even knew it.” WorldMayStoriesShowsActorsImaginePossibilityMy FamilyExtraordinaryNeighborAccessSuperheroTransportAnother WorldPower Of Stories Author:Kandyse McClure
“Does it take a blanket presupposition for a historian to discount some miracle stories as legendary? No, because, as even Bultmann recognized, there is no problem accepting reports even of extraordinary things that we can still verify as occurring today, like faith healings and exorcisms. However you may wish to account for them, you can go to certain meetings and see scenes somewhat resembling those in the gospels. So it is by no means a matter of rejecting all miracle stories on principle. Biblical critics are not like the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.” MayMeanDoeStillsMatterStoriesProblemTodayCertainReligionWishHealingAcceptingPrinciplesSceneAccountsMiracleClaimsMeetingsCriticsExtraordinaryParanormalReportsHistorianInvestigationBiblicalCommitteesNo ProblemBlanketLegendaryRejectingExtraordinary ThingsDiscountsVerifyExorcismFaith Healing Author:Robert M. Price
“When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage.” FirstsBookStoriesDoubtAdventureRiversExtraordinaryTalesExplorationAmazonDescentRainforestTheodoreAmazon Rainforest Author:Candice Millard
“With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells. Stop Wanting reveals, in every lyric, its author's profound metaphorical gifts. In its ironies and intensities, it brings to mind a writer like the young Sylvia Plath, though what is startling about Harris' s work is the way it combines those gifts with a muted, deft self-awareness. Most of all, these are wonderfully shaped, powerful, and surprising poems-a startling debut.” WayMindMadeBookSelfStoriesYoungPowerfulAwarenessSelf AwarenessProfoundExtraordinaryCraftsIronyIntensitySurprisingDebutMetaphoricalFerocityPersonal StoriesPlath Author:Meghan O'Rourke