Enslavement to your own weakness - be it an addiction to alcohol, or to a woman or to fame - it's degrading,… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn, And climbing for the prize, was torn, And fouled… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti Copy Share Image
Unlike most of life, what you do really matters. Your actions have real consequences. You have to pay attention and focus, and… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for the character to engage… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own,… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of… — Alain Robert Copy Share Image
“Another day I walked out of town to do a bit of climbing in the mountains behind the airport. I scrambled up… — Lawrence Millman Copy Share Image
The tide of visitors will float slowly about the bottom of the valley as harmless scum collecting in hotel and saloon eddies,… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I often prefer the shapes within the raw materials to ‘do their thing’, as this makes it movre interesting for me. Sometimes… — Ptolemy Copy Share Image
I have done a fair bit of meditation practice, but I think through climbing it's definitely an easier way for me to… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
I say all the time that if you really want to feel alive, it's not through striving for yourself. If you really… — Natalie Grant Copy Share Image
I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I used to think that if I didn't have time to do an hour long workout class, there wasn't any point in… — Bobbi Brown Copy Share Image
Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself. — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
[T]he blossom of benevolence, of charity, is the fairest flower, no matter whether it blooms by the side of a hovel, or… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when… — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
When you ride your bike, you're working your legs, but your mind is on a treadmill. When you play chess, your mind… — Pat Ament Copy Share Image
Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy. — Emayatzy E. Corinealdi Copy Share Image
Action is a way of externalizing an emotional state. You might not be running, leaping, climbing and doing all that. But, the… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the… — Hermann Buhl Copy Share Image
Life must be lived with courage, with climbing and risks, else there is no happiness, no hope, no true success, no future. — Jeanette Lee Copy Share Image
In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
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