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

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

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.

I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.

Grandma sees these things when she talks about them and gestures with her hands like she's painting brush strokes in the air. The way Grandma paints her dreams for me, there's a low sky.

Nothing is the same.

The day of fire is coming, the thrush will fly ablaze like a little sky rocket.

I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time.

Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed of days and nights. And we call it love.

The man who commits immorality does so because he thinks it will maximize pleasure if he can minimize the pain by keeping it secret.

In Christ, it's never too late, you're never too old... it's never "too anything" for Him to work positive change in your life.

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

I've always liked long, flowing clothes,...I used to rummage around in my grandmother's trunks trying to find them. I love the feeling of chiffon and lace.

I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along.