Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success. Edmund Hillary More Quotes by Edmund Hillary More Quotes From Edmund Hillary Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top Edmund Hillary motivationimportantstrong I'm a very, very modest person and with limited abilities. I do have the wish to succeed in anything I undertake, and that does help out, but, in general, there are so many other people who are skilled in their field that I feel very ordinary. Edmund Hillary wishordinarypeople Despite all I have seen and experiences, I still get the same thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb toward it. Edmund Hillary mountainthrillsnow I have the challenges sort of already there and as a consequence my companions feel a considerable desire to do this, too, and they feel very put out if they are left in the cold, so there we have it. We have me who has lots of ideas and then we have a very good team who wish - who are persuaded almost - to take part in these challenges. Edmund Hillary teamchallengesideas Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Edmund Hillary climbingattitudescience I have a number of heroes I still have warm feelings about. [Derek] Shackleton, for instance, was definitely, and still is, one of my great heroes. Edmund Hillary herofeelingsnumbers Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims Edmund Hillary familylovelife I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur. Edmund Hillary enthusiasmmenthinking I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It’s the intense effort, the giving of everything you’ve got. It’s really a very pleasant sensation. Edmund Hillary building-upclimbingbelieve I was a dreamer when I was at high school and even primary school. I used to dream about doing adventurous things. Edmund Hillary adventurousdreamschool As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds. Edmund Hillary lonelyreadingbook Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself. Edmund Hillary adventuringqualityordinary I think my strengths perhaps are that I'm determined. I may not be the best climber in the world, but I do like to sort of succeed and so that tends to drive me on, as it were, and I don't give up too easily. Edmund Hillary dont-give-upgiving-upthinking Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened, and nothing new was discovered. Yet the names of Hillary and Tenzing went instantly into all languages as the names of heroes, partly because they really were men of heroic mold but chiefly because they represented so compellingly the spirit of their time. Edmund Hillary heronamesmen My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday. Edmund Hillary holidaytakenyears It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it. Edmund Hillary realadventuretravel I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous. Edmund Hillary mountainchallengesthinking There are lots and lots of challenges that I wished - at the time - that I had done.There are lots of occasions where there were exciting things to be done but for some reason or another it was physically impossible for us to do them. I still wouldn't mind if I was able to go down into this most impressive valley in the Antarctic, but of course those things are beyond me now. Edmund Hillary ablechallengesmind I had never experienced anything like it before and I don't think I have experienced anything like it since [on Ruapehu]. It was my dreams coming true in a way, and from there on I tended to become more of a doer than a dreamer. Edmund Hillary doersdreamthinking Boredom has always been a problem. Edmund Hillary boredomproblem
