Climbing Quotes

597 Climbing quotes by 400 unique authors

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
TheÂ whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process youâ€™re… — 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
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head… — Al Alvarez
Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those who… — Gaston Rebuffat
By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just… — Michael N. Castle
The secret to climbing up is to put your heart into your work. — Jeffrey Gitomer
The greatest cause of ulcers is mountain-climbing over molehills. — Maxwell Maltz
Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore your… — William Davenant
I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains… — Alfred Wainwright
If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters. — Alain Robert
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by… — Xunzi
There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small environment of a groveling life, and there can be no… — Matthew Henson

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