Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.

I accept the consequences of all that I do. No matter what we do with our lives, our bodies are temporary. We're all going to die, and I'd rather die climbing than doing anything else.

Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route.

Soloing is serious business, because you can be seriously dead.

How much you are able to learn is determined by how much you are involved, how much you participate, and how many actions you take.

Once it gets off the ground into space, all science fiction is fantasy.

Across th street is a hell of a tester.

If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.

I think a lot of young teenagers try to get esteem from accolades from other people, or boys, and what you learn as you get older is that you have to create that within yourself.

Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?