Roz Savage

“I was the child at school in second-hand or handmade clothes and, as I grew older, I craved material wealth, a big house and designer clothes.”

“I have learned to be kinder to myself, to imagine that I am my own best friend, whispering comforting words in my ear and drowning out the voices of Self-Doubt and Self-Criticism. I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn’t.”

“I went through a lot of my life not being mindful of how I was living it. I wasn't mindful environmentally, or whether I was on track.”

“I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I have become an environmental campaigner.”

“Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important.”

“I have tried hard to be a good person and to leave the world a better place. To feel that I have in any small way succeeded is to me a prize beyond measure, the most wonderful wealth that I could ask for, a form of prosperity that I would wish for the whole world to experience and enjoy.”

“I am a rolling stone, never in one place for very long.”

“I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.”

“My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.”

“I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.”

“I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I cannot control the future any more than I could control the wind and the weather, I can manage it and influence it in a positive way.”

“A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom.”