Some men and women move mountains, even if it's one shovel full at a time.

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.

Instead of the god of security, we bow to the greater god of freedom, the freedom to take risks and master danger in order to be intensely alive.

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not let us give half of ourselves-it demands all of us. It demands our best.

With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

If the human body is balanced in ph and nutrients it is not susceptible to disease.

Better we raise our skill than lower the climb

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.

Today I want to leave the worldI want to leave the painLeave the heartacheI know where it is goingI want to see my Savior

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

Truth is weirder than any fiction I've seen.

I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing.

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin's comments was swift, with veterans and veterans' groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder.

People tend to turn to the type of entertainment that has an escapism quality.

There are different flavours of sexiness.

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.