Edmund Hillary Quotes

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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• I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can

  Edmund Hillary

  Motivational, Mountain, Conquer

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• People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Extraordinary Person

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• With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.

  Edmund Hillary

  Practice, Focus

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• You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.

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  Sight, Hands, Mind

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• Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.

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  Looks, Mountaineering, Bits

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• Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!

  Edmund Hillary

  Life, Motivational, Growing

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• It's not the moutain we conquer but ourselves.

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  Famous Motivational, Conquer

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• Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

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  Important, Mountain, Life Is

  "Everest legend Edmund Hillary dies" by Julie Clothier, edition.cnn.com. January 21, 2008.

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• I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

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  Motivation, Hard Work, Thinking

  "Sir Edmund Hillary, First Man to Conquer Mount Everest, Dies at 88", www.foxnews.com. January 10, 2008.

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• Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

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  Motivation, Important, Factors

  "From Beekeeper to World Explorer". Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. November 16, 1991.

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• While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

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  Interesting, Challenges, Valleys

  Foreword to "Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World's Top Sports Organizations" by Clive Gibson, Mike Pratt, Kevin Roberts and Ed Weymes, 2000.

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• I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.

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  Travel, Adventure, Achieve

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• Challenge is what makes men. It will be the end when men stop looking for new challenges.

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  Men, Challenges, Ends

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• No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

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  Remember, Climbing Mount Everest, Mt Everest

  "We knocked the bastard off" by David Fickling, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2003.

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• Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims

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  Love, Life, Family

  Edmund Hillary (1984). “Ecology 2000: the changing face of earth”, Michael Joseph

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• I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.

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  Determination, Challenges, Succeed

  Edmund Hillary (1999). “View from the Summit”, Corgi Books

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• Nothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck.

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  Motivation, Luck, Littles

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• Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

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  Dangerous Situations, Laughing, Important

  "Forbes To The Limits: Pushing Yourself to the Edge - in Adventure and in Business". Book by James M. Clash, 2003.

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• The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find.

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  Dream, Adventure, Past

  Sir Edmund Hillary (2013). “High Adventure: Our Ascent of the Everest”, p.6, Roli Books Private Limited

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• I found fear stimulating. Particularly after you've done something that you'd been frightened of at the time, but you carried through and did the job.

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  Jobs, Done, Found

  "Sir Edmund Hillary's last ever interview". Interview with Maggie Barry, www.noted.co.nz. January 26, 2008.

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• Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top

  Edmund Hillary

  Strong, Motivation, Important

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• It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.

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  Travel, Real, Adventure

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• As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.

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  Lonely, Book, Reading

  Edmund Hillary (2000). “View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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