And the whole is greater than the part.
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by othersit rises from your heart.
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
There was never a question in my mind that I wanted to climb that mountain, no matter what other people said.
Walking around becomes actually difficult. But the walking process is the oldest natural form of movement. It puts you literally in touch with the earth and the weather around you and allows you to get into conversation with people as you move, which seldom happens in the other ways we move.
You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST!
As every man is hunted by his own daemon, vexed by his own disease, this checks all his activity.
I do think that when we're looking at Putin's actions, we really need to look further into what his point is. Because I think there is a misconception that this is kind of reigniting the Cold War and Putin's a bully. And he's just, you know, sort of lashing out at Ukraine when actually I think that this goes much deeper to that.