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Edmund Hillary Quotes: As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.
         

As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.


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It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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



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

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.

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.

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





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The knowledge of “Where am I going?” sometimes depends on the faithfulness in little things

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Communication is not using beautiful and complex words to impress, but its all about expressing our truest emotions using simple words!

Communication is not using beautiful and complex words to impress, but its all about expressing our truest emotions using simple words!



Judge not the value of a friend by the number of boy- or girlfriends they helped you get. But by the number of books they’ve recommended to you.

Judge not the value of a friend by the number of boy- or girlfriends they helped you get. But by the number of books they’ve recommended to you.



The Bible itself can be used for both good and evil. That doesn't mean it's flawed. It means that it is perfect.

The Bible itself can be used for both good and evil. That doesn't mean it's flawed. It means that it is perfect.



No man is a hero to his wife's psychiatrist.

No man is a hero to his wife's psychiatrist.



I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.



For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually go for breakfast because it's the easiest thing to cook and then we try to make it seem fancy.

For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually go for breakfast because it's the easiest thing to cook and then we try to make it seem fancy.



When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.

When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.



In order to truly master the comfort zone, we must learn to love it.

In order to truly master the comfort zone, we must learn to love it.



Probability is the guide of life, and of death, too.

Probability is the guide of life, and of death, too.




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