Climbing Quotes

597 Climbing quotes by 400 unique authors

I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesn’t mean to be, he just is. He’s methodic, scientific, capable, and so competent… — Warren G. Harding
To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on a lake. Camp… — Michael Eisner
I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain. — Michael Ovitz
There is more genuine joy in climbing the hill of success, even though sweat may be spent and toes may be stubbed, than in aimlessly… — B. C. Forbes
It has been a long trip," said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; "but we would have been here much sooner if… — Norton Juster
The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down — Bruce Feiler
What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I… — Galen
I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. They don't give… — Edmund Hillary
For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the… — Walter Bonatti
Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself. — Walter Bonatti
Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane… — Wally Lamb
You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you,… — Ella Maillart
The hope or climbing aspiration of a divine child is to receive and achieve Peace, Light and Bliss in infinite measure. — Sri Chinmoy
If you're ever killed mountain climbing, then all that you've worked for is gone — Jim Whittaker
Phil Ershler is a world class climber and guide. Sue Ershler is a first class businesswoman. But their story is not just about climbing and… — Jim Whittaker
The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me… — Tamae Watanabe
And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my pillow behind my… — Spalding Gray
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and… — George Leigh Mallory
Now, my tree-climbing days long behind me, I often think about the lasting value of those early, deliciously idle days. I have come to appreciate… — Richard Louv
The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process you’re an… — Yvon Chouinard
Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of spirituality.… — Rudolf Arnheim
Halloween. Sly does it. Tiptoe catspaws. Slide and creep. But why? What for? How? Who? When! Where did it all begin? 'You don't know, do… — Ray Bradbury
When you ride your bike, you're working your legs, but your mind is on a treadmill. When you play chess, your mind is clicking along,… — Pat Ament
In a sense everything that is exists to climb. All evolution is a climbing towards a higher form. Climbing for life as it reaches towards… — Unknown Author
Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which is minor -… — Unknown Author

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