"My ambition was to become the best climber……" — Royal Robbins
"My ambition was to become the best climber and I never did. I think that goal was a wrong goal. A better one is to put more emphasis on enjoyment and on getting a rounded experience and on things like friendship, rather than on sheer achievement."
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15 Quotes by Royal Robbins
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The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate…
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A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.
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Our ascent, of course, does not end the possibility for new accomplishments on El Capitan. The day will probably come…
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I had the unique experience the next day: placing sixteen bolts in a row. It was just blank and there…
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Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it…
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When it's been a long day of climbing, and I feel like I can't go any farther, I concentrate on…
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The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were…
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Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in…
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I failed on a climbing problem eight times before realizing I was climbing as high as I knew I could…
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Instead of the god of security, we bow to the greater god of freedom, the freedom to take risks and…
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With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger.
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Better we raise our skill than lower the climb
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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