Climbing Quotes

597 Climbing quotes by 400 unique authors

What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols. — Anatole France
A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller. — Seneca the Younger
Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one… — Khalil Gibran
It is those who get lost, who find the new ways. — Nils Kjaer
Everyone praises the views you get from mountain tops, but no one talks about the views that they block. — Nils Kjaer
O cold ! O shivery ! It was your ambrosial beauty. Forget, forgive. Kismet. Let me off this once. — James Joyce
What is behind you is forgotten. You can't remember danger and difficulty when it is behind you — Wanda Rutkiewicz
In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second is immersed in the deceitfulness… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom. — Wojciech Kurtyka
Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition. — Doug Scott
To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life. — Alain Robert
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction is… — Wojciech Kurtyka
When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains, not for victory or glory,… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers haven't… — Wanda Rutkiewicz
I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life. — Wojciech Kurtyka
I don't like egocentricity, which is something that I have arduously battled in myself my entire life. — Wojciech Kurtyka
Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that is, of being… — Wojciech Kurtyka
The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I am the center… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered, mythomaniac or crook… — Wojciech Kurtyka

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