Climbing Quotes - Page 34

• I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his infantile vanity.

  Rex Stout

  Spiritual, Men, Thinking

  Rex Stout (2010). “Triple Jeopardy”, p.76, Bantam

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• In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mountain, Vain

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• I love the idea that people are listening to "Tales" during all types of activities. Knitting in their favorite chair, rock climbing, sky diving, driving at night.

  Glenn McQuaid

  Night, Knitting, Rocks

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.

  Arthur Guiterman

  May, Tire, Rejoice

  Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]

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• It is the climbing of the mountain that makes the view from the top so breathtaking.

  Richard C. Miller

  Views, Mountain, Breathtaking

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• In matters of climbing long staircases, how many stairs there are is not as important as how strong a will you have!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Strong, Long, Important

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• We found in the course of our journey the convenience of having disencumbered ourselves, by laying aside whatever we could spare; for it is not to be imagined without experience, how in climbing crags and treading bogs, and winding through narrow and obstructed passages, a little bulk will hinder, and a little weight will burden; or how often a man that has pleased himself at home with his own resolution, will, in the hour of darkness and fatigue, be content to leave behind him everything but himself.

  Samuel Johnson

  Home, Journey, Men

  Samuel Johnson (2010). “Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.24, Canongate Books

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• When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Kids, Thinking, Impact

  "Sugar Ray Leonard Interview Real Steel". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2011.

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