I have to admit I do get a bit depressed at times and you know I think about the good old days… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times,… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not - it's not an experience I would like to have again.… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
June [Hillary] had been doing all these things - the Himalayas and all the rest of it - so we had done… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I started to become more active and when I was at Auckland Grammar I went for the first time to the mountains.… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
There are lots and lots of challenges that I wished - at the time - that I had done.There are lots of… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I would have said that during the early days of my life there was never a moment when I wasn't fit. We… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I found fear stimulating. Particularly after you've done something that you'd been frightened of at the time, but you carried through and… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he was strong,… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Nothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
“With all respect, Sahib, you have little to teach us in strength and toughness. And we do not envy you your restless spirits. Perhaps… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Everest you won't change, but I will get better...I will conquer you. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
![“June [Hillary] had been doing all these things - the Himalayas and all the rest of it - so we had done things together for a long time, and, particularly as far as our Sherpas were concerned, we had a very sound, I think, philosophy. So that made it very easy for us to agree on what should be done.” quote by Edmund Hillary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b29/edmund-hillary-3760_agree_june-hillary-had-been-doing-all-these-th_475782.jpg)
![“I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he was strong, a good man on a mountain, with a great sense of humour, and I liked that. I think George and I could've done that together ... I've probably never told George that.” quote by Edmund Hillary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/165/edmund-hillary-3760_climbs_i-ve-often-thought-about-that-and-the-on_12447.jpg)
