Climbing Quotes

597 Climbing quotes by 400 unique authors

Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old adages… — Mas Oyama
The climbing of earths heights, in itself, means little. That men and women want and try to climb them means everything. For it is the… — James Ramsey Ullman
With only one life to live we can't afford to live it only for itself. Somehow we must each for himself, find the way in… — Hortense Odlum
Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his life. This is… — Larry Dossey
One can hardly help another to the top of the hill without climbing there himself. — Spencer W. Kimball
Growing older is like climbing a mountain: the higher you get, the more strength you need, but the further you see. — Ingmar Bergman
The strongest climbers aren’t always the happiest or nicest to be around; neither are some of them coming from the purest motivation. Climbing another V17… — Chris Sharma
It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to… — Nikki Giovanni
Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to… — Unknown Author
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was a mement of… — Stefan Kieszling
I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend… — David Ginola
I was climbing up a mountain-path With many things to do, Important business of my own, And other people's too, When I ran against a… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Used to be that my whole body was my canvas-hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my… — Laurie Halse Anderson
A few hours of mountain climbing make a blackguard and a saint two rather similar creatures. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred. — Honore de Balzac
People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against… — Thomas Merton
The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go. — Pat Ament
Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important. Experience is important. Feeling is important. — Steve House
Climbing is so fun and such a good experience, that I think it's important not to take it too seriously. It's not the end of… — Chris Sharma
Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures... — Wolfgang Gullich
Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction… — Doug Scott
During the sixties, all the risk-type sports were very popular, because everybody was rebelling against their parents, or rebelling against the whole system. But those… — Yvon Chouinard
When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the… — Galen Rowell
After the climb, you should feel no trace of tiredness; on the contrary, it is then that you should be really fresh. Then you will… — Hermann Buhl
What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is. — Pat Ament

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