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Children have imagination enough to grasp any idea which you present to them with honesty and without patronage.
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Armstrong Sperry
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I put my hands on his shoulders. "Listen well, my boy. We are involved in this case together and we will finish it together. And as for that danger - my experience is that it is just like with any other difficulty: it makes no sense whatsoever to start worrying beforehand, because when the difficulties come you can somehow always overcome them again.
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Armstrong Sperry (Frozen Fire)
Armstrong Sperry (Call It Courage)
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But, most important of all, he knew that he had won a great victory over himself. He had forced himself to do something that he dreaded, something that took every ounce of his will.
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Armstrong Sperry (Call it Courage)
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Happiness flooded through him in warm tides.
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Armstrong Sperry (Call It Courage)
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There was a newfound confidence singing in his heart. He had found a new belief in himself. At peace with himself and his world, he slept.
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Armstrong Sperry (Call It Courage)
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والمعيشة بالأدغال عِلم. وفي جميع أنحاء الأدغال بالعالَم -بالبرازيل وإندونيسيا وغرب أفريقيا- ارتقى رجال الغابات بهذا العِلم إلى حد الكمال. وفي استطاعتك أن تتعلم ذلك أيضًا، ولكن يجب عليك أن تبقى حذِرًا طول الوقت؛ فلحظة واحدة من عدم الاكتراث قد تعني نهايتك.
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Armstrong Sperry (All About the Jungle (All About Books, 29))
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وهنا يجب على الغريب أن يسير باحتراس؛ فما يبدو كأنه غصن ملتوٍ قد يكون أفعى قاتلة، ورقعة منقطة باللون الذهبي -كأنها ضوء الشمس- قد يتبين أنها نمر أرقط يستعد للانقضاض.
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Armstrong Sperry (All About the Jungle (All About Books, 29))