Everest Quotes

113 Everest quotes by 70 unique authors

I have not conquered Everest, it has merely tolerated me — Peter Habeler
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag. — Margaret Thatcher
There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like… — Ari Fleischer
No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time. — Edmund Hillary
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
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
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
We look up. For weeks, for months, that is all we have done. Look up. And there it is-the top of Everest. Only it is… — Tenzing Norgay
I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth. — Tenzing Norgay
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame. — Tenzing Norgay
I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji,… — Christy Turlington
We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we… — Douglas Hofstadter
Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like. — Alex Ferguson
There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest. — Conrad Anker
I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally… — Yuichiro Miura
Reaching that windswept perch, I decided, would cleanse my spirit and heal my wounds. More than that, it would send me home with a title:… — Stacy Allison
Early on May 23, 1997, from 28,500 feet on Everest, I witnessed the incredible shadow of the mountain, the penumbra, forming to the west as… — Ed Viesturs
I was never comfortable with the risk of climbing in the Himalayas, or the amount of time in idleness that is involved in the Everest… — Steve Fossett
I soon learned that Everest wasn't a private affair. It belonged to many men. — Tom Hornbein
It's all bullshit on Everest these days. — Edmund Hillary
You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights on something higher… — Willi Unsoeld
If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest. — Tenzing Norgay
There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart. — Bear Grylls
You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking… — Chris McCormack
There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer… — John Frankenheimer

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