Quotes by Climbing To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow climbing time years Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest trees. Henry David Thoreau climbing men country Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop beneath you. It is like a drug. Hermann Buhl climbing drug feelings After the climb, you should feel no trace of tiredness; on the contrary, it is then that you should be really fresh. Then you will have found the correct measure of your abilities. Hermann Buhl climbing should found As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the base of a mountain, instead of climbing steadily to its top. Henry David Thoreau climbing society solitude A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures. Tiredness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity - and sleep finally adds to them liberty. Friedrich Nietzsche climbing sleep two Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred. Honore de Balzac climbing hatred heart With only one life to live we can't afford to live it only for itself. Somehow we must each for himself, find the way in which we can make our individual lives fit into the pattern of all the lives which surround it. We must establish our own relationships to the whole. And each must do it in his own way, using his own talents, relying on his own integrity and strength, climbing his own road to his own summit. Hortense Odlum climbing patterns integrity I have no memory of climbing the stairs up to the roof. I don't even know how to get where I am, which is a problem since I'm going to have to get down, ideally in a way that doesn't involve dying. Holly Black climbing dying memories There's something ever egotistical in mountain-tops and towers, and all other grand and lofty things. Herman Melville climbing mountain towers Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken. Hudson Stuck picnics climbing thinking Step by step, one by one, higher and higher. Step by step, rung by rung, climbing Jacob's ladder. Huey Lewis climbing religious religion There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor. Hugh Laurie climbing beautiful sports I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself. Ice Cube climbing smart people Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better! Ingrid Bergman climbing mountain views Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive. Ingmar Bergman climbing tired views Growing older is like climbing a mountain: the higher you get, the more strength you need, but the further you see. Ingmar Bergman climbing mountain needs Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the Top.. J. Cole heartbeat climbing promise The hallway led me to the stairway of a million steps. My leg screamed in protest. I sighed and started climbing. I just had to keep from limping. Limping showed weakness, and I didn’t need any enterprising, career-motivated shapeshifters trying to challenge me for dominance right about now. I had once mentioned my desire for an elevator, and His Majesty asked me if I would like a flock of doves to carry me up to my quarters so my feet wouldn’t have to touch the ground. We were sparring at the time and I kicked him in the kidney in retaliation. Ilona Andrews climbing careers feet Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools. J. K. Rowling climbing stress pride «7891011121314151617»
