“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”

“You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.”

“Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer.”

“As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.”

“I'm off in search of adventure,even thoughi am sixty fve and fully aware of all the limitations that age can bring....”

“I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure”

“Tragedy depends on the way you see it. If you chose to be a victim of the world, anything which happens to you will feed that dark side of your soul, where you consider yourself wronged, suffering, guilty and deserving punishment. If you choose to be an adventurer, the changes - even the inevitable losses, since everything in this world changes - can cause some pain, but will soon thrust you forward, forcing you to react.”