Climbing Quote by Jim Perrin

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

— Francis Bacon

The ultimate weakness of a man is when his spirit is crushed with no hope rather than how disable or handicapped he is

— Rudzani Ralph

“Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature's…

— Baruch Spinoza

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who indulges his sense in any excesses renders himself obnoxious to his own reason; and, to gratify the brute in him, displeases the…

— Walter Scott

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to…

— Orison Swett Marden

“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which…

— James Allen

“If a man acts in a purely mechanical way, reacting to external demands or instruction rather than in ways determined by his own interests…

— Noam Chomsky

A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as…

— James Allen

He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of…

— Anonymous

“The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely…

— Rollo May

“Perhaps the most devastating and damaging thing that can happen to someone is to fail to fulfill his potential. A kind of gnawing emptiness,…

— Edward T. Hall