by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 29, Jul 2023 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Learning about te ao Māori
E huri tō aroaro ki te rā, tukuna tō ataarangi ki muri i a koe.Turn and face the sun, and let your shadow fall behind you.
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 30, Nov 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
A reflection by Brian Knolles, chairperson of our Board of Trustees “Waking early I get out of bed knowing that the day will be busy. I’m on autopilot as I begin my morning routine. Sitting in my quiet place, I realise that I am tired and more than a little...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Oct 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G. M. Trevelyan
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 25, Jul 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Learning about te ao Māori
Thank you to Purapura Whetu Trust for giving us permission to share this beautiful whakataukī (Māori proverb) Whāiate iti Kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 22, Jul 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog
“There are three ways of trying to influence the young: There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a hook without a worm. You can say ‘you must volunteer’: that is of the devil. And you can tell them, ‘You are...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 1, Jul 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
ROALD DAHL Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. He has been referred to as “one of the greatest...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Jun 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Feb 2022 | All, Blog
“The mystery of human existence lies not just in staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky A Life Full of Purpose We don’t claim to know the meaning of life, but there is something intensely meaningful about...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 9, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
This is a powerful quote from Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know his story? Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 16, Jul 2021 | All, Blog
Do you know the story of Helen Keller? Born in Alabama, USA, in 1880, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven when she met her first teacher and...
