Each fresh peak ascended teaches something. — Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington Copy Share Image
In many climbing cultures, it seems that dirty ethics and poor style are acceptable. In mine they are not. — Leo Houlding Copy Share Image
Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I couldn't catch a ball or any of that stuff. I could do only what required brute stupidity. — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
“The backside of mountain is a fight against human nature," he said. "You have to care as much about yourself on the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems… — Jimmy Chin Copy Share Image
I'm an action transvestite really, so it's running, jumping, climbing trees putting on make-up when you're up there! — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. — A. C. Benson Copy Share Image
Bouldering is like masturbation: not as good as the real thing but you don't need to worry about your protection. — Scott Grimes Copy Share Image
I lay there in my black slip dress and wondered if I ought to have worn pants. I mean, who knew what… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Climbing is definitely very much strength-to-weight ratio. At the same time, I've never dieted or restricted calories. You're just sort of mindful… — Alex Honnold Copy Share Image
It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Seven years ago, when I started free soloing long, hard routes in Yosemite - climbing without a rope, gear or a partner… — Alex Honnold Copy Share Image
I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
... to keep moving up ... , you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
Think of life and the world as a wall and that we're all climbing up the wall. So just put one hand… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
“A self-evident and prefabricated symbolism attaches itself to this slow climb to the zenith, and we are not so foolishly ironic, or… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Viewed as a whole, climbing all fourteen 8,000ers would have seemed almost impossible, but I took it one day at a time,… — Ed Viesturs Copy Share Image
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this:… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
When any young director gets hired by a studio to do a $125 million film based on a preexisting piece of intellectual… — Neill Blomkamp 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
“This obsession is a curious thing. Sometimes wonder about the merits of devoting so much of myself to a singular climbing objective.… — Tommy Caldwell Copy Share Image
Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them. Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Climbing is not a competition, and you cannot talk in terms of 'greatest,' it means nothing. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
If you're ever killed mountain climbing, then all that you've worked for is gone — Jim Whittaker Copy Share Image
The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get… — Pat Ament Copy Share Image
The window-lights, myriads and myriads,Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers. — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
Anyone who tries to pull others down is already down... So, keep climbing up and resist the pull. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better! — Ingrid Bergman Copy Share Image
Climbing is never going to be 100% safe, but the climbing I do with work is done under much stricter guidelines than… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher. — Arthur Guiterman Copy Share Image
Ever since I've been a kid, I've always been about running around, climbing trees, exploring. — Noah Centineo Copy Share Image
What keeps us from climbing higher is our fear of falling, whether we show it or not. — Mak_786 Correction By LeonAzul Copy Share Image
When I am about to have a difficult project, I dream I am climbing a mountain. When everything is going fine, I… — Eric Ripert Copy Share Image
I love the beach and rock climbing and boxing and nature, so I like to stay away from my phone as much… — Millie Bobby Brown Copy Share Image
