Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long,… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest) — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no… — Alistair Maclean Copy Share Image
When someone mentions the gracefulness of the night sky, climb up on the roof and dance and say, like this? — Rumi Copy Share Image
I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to.… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
I am not enough to be only in the mountains, not enough to be on an expedition. I believe that if the… — Jerzy Kukuczka Copy Share Image
To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to… — Mae West Copy Share Image
Which brings me to the question of why we always 'fall' in love. One falls down steps, off ladders, into rivers and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dressing room was right on the water, and I would climb out of my window and walk around on the roof,… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
There was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared. An adult could look right… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work. — Samina Baig Copy Share Image
When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
Despite all I have seen and experiences, I still get the same thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
A person cannot coast along in old destructive habits year after year and accept whatever comes along. A person must stand up… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Will you just stand on the foot of a high mountain and look at it with admiration or climb the top and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
If you never play you will never lose, but you won't win either. If you never climb a mountain you will never… — Debbie Shapiro Copy Share Image
Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house. — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
We search out the most perfect pieces of rock. It's so amazing that these formations are so perfect for climbing on. It's… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Socialist ideology, like so many others, has two main dangers. One stems from confused and incomplete readings of foreign texts, and the… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
