When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.

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.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

She knew of a woman who had entered such a bargain at a large automobile manufacturer in 1973 and successfully managed to keep her accounting position for over four decades.

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.

I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

Until the L.A. market is settled, I don't think there's any other market out there that stands a chance.

There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.

Every day is a gift. That said, I've gotten some pretty shitty gifts over the years.

The thing that motivates me most in my workouts is when I can learn something new.

Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires

In films I might look glamorous, but I've been in hair and make-up for two hours.