Beryl Markham , was a British-born Kenyan author, pilot, horse trainer and adventurer.
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“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.”
Beryl Markham
“I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.”
“You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself”
“I have a trunk containing continents.”
“In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.”
“Success breeds confidence.”