I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.

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.

Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.

In the very end, all we have left to atone for our faults are words.

Hands that never touch. Lips that never meet. The Almost Lovers, never to be.

Dave learned that Death is the opposite of peace: it’s struggle, it’s ugly, it’s horrific, it’s dirty. And ultimately, Death is emptiness.

Humor is my sword and my shield. It protects me. You can open a door with humor and drive a truck right through.

This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

Police do not belong in war zones.

It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.

I'm too disorganized.