Everest Quotes

Everest Quote of the day

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!

I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.

Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. . . .

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life.

Jesus Christ did not ask much from us, He did not demand that people climb Mount Everest or make great sacrifices. He just asked that we love one another.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain.

Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

Expedition EVEREST adds a new dimension to our storytelling in Disney's Animal Kingdom. It's a thrilling adventure themed to the folklore of the mysterious yeti.

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.

I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well.

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.

If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.

You don't need to go to the ends of the earth, you don't need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it's invariably on our doorstep.

There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest

When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.

I was in continual agony; I have never in my life been so tired as on the summit of Everest that day. I just sat and sat there, oblivious to everything.

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like.

People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it were Mount Everest. Too silly!

There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

A day might just be twenty-four hours but sometimes getting through one seems as impossible as scaling Everest.

My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.

Everyone has their own Everest to climb

We don't train executives, we find them. If a mountain stands up like Everest, you don't have to be a genius to figure out that it's a high mountain.

I've become quite a serious explorer: I've been to Everest three times; I'm the oldest man to reach the North Pole; and I've just been to the lost world of Venezuela.

Everest you won't change, but I will get better...I will conquer you.

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.

The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.

The sheer volume of evidence for survival after death is so immense that to ignore it is like standing at the foot of Mount Everest and insisting that you cannot see the mountain.

I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult

I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

Some day I'm going to climb Everest.

I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.

Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.

I have not conquered Everest, it has merely tolerated me

Mt. Everest of Earth is 8.8 km tall; Mt. Olympus of Mars is 22 km tall. Every time you see a giant, you must know that that giant might be just a dwarf somewhere else!

It's all bullshit on Everest these days.

You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights on something higher than Everest.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book