To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with broken glass… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that… — Enzo Ferrari Copy Share Image
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie… — Dave Cook Copy Share Image
I am climbing to the top Of the tallest darkest tree I need to know Where heaven stops What lies Beyond the… — Traci Lords Copy Share Image
I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong… — Leslie Stephen Copy Share Image
It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
I really wanted to get out of that cycle in our family where somebody's taking revenge on somebody for some slight that… — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
With only one life to live we can't afford to live it only for itself. Somehow we must each for himself, find… — Hortense Odlum Copy Share Image
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Men are climbing to the moon, but they don’t seem interested in the beating human heart. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
On a trip to Germany, Lange and his entourage were climbing the tower of an ancient castle when they stopped to catch… — David Lange Copy Share Image
It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
...the disqualification is unjust, I understand his reaction. You must understand the riders at certain moments (like climbing an 18% hill) they… — Gilberto Simoni Copy Share Image
All of us knew that climbing was a sure way to stay poor, a lousy way to impress people and definitely no… — Peter Croft Copy Share Image
I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's… — Lincoln Hall Copy Share Image
There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety… — Jonathan Waterman Copy Share Image