I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

We can choose the type of thoughts we repeat in our mind. Nothing can force us to pick any memory, circumstance or relationship without our permission.

Live your life today without any fear of unknown.Be strong and courageous to seek new path.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families... A struggle without casualties is no struggle.

All sliced up and sealed tight in baggies. Guess love makes you do funny things.

I want to make sure that what I do has specific purpose and is not just throwing a dart at something to keep busy.

There's a spark in you you've just gotta ignite the light and let it SHINE.

Don't dumb down; always write for your top five percent of readers.

So there's only one tactic for the state: kill the seers.

This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.