And when you do I want you to know this， remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you’re down there in the hole， it looks like failure. So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Courage is a virtue necessary not only in war, but in life as well.

卓越不是一种行为，而是一种习惯。

The truth is that which can be accepted by the majority.

Innovation is the backbone of modern mining—without it, we're just digging holes in the ground.