Climbs Quotes

761 Climbs quotes by 586 unique authors

In exchange for his first taste of powdered milk, Pascal showed me a tree we could climb to find a bird's nest. After we handled… — Barbara Kingsolver
But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask; why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years… — John F. Kennedy
During climbs into taller trees, I was occasionally able to look down on the backs of birds, which shine with reflected sunlight as they move… — Richard Preston
We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake it only if… — Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun. — Chinua Achebe
Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this kind of artistic… — Patrick Kavanagh
If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches. — Vinoba Bhave
Outside, you don't hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going… — Anne Frank
I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do that for others… — Lisa Marie Presley
The inertia of the mind urges it to slide down the easy slope of imagination, rather than to climb the steep slope of introspection. — Marcel Proust
The tree I had in the garden as a child, my beech tree, I used to climb up there and spend hours. I took my… — Jane Goodall
Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable… — C.S. Lewis
It's a long climb up Fools' Hill. — Marlon Brando
The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in… — Mary Kay Ash
I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and… — Shirley Bassey
It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals. — Pat Summitt
I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt,… — Cathy Rigby
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Potty mouth, rock star, at the top and still tryna climb, Drop the top sit back recline — French Montana
Climb up the ladder! Climb up the ladder! Are you stupid?! — CM Punk
Grace! It's Christmas for goodness sake! Think about the baby Jesus. Up in that tower letting his hair down, so that the three wise men… — Karen Walker
Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out… — Benjamin Disraeli
You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed. — Jean de la Bruyere
When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things, but isn't it better to… — Rene Daumal

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