Edmund Hillary Quotes
Collection of top 51 famous quotes about Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary Quotes & Sayings
Happy to read and share the best inspirational Edmund Hillary quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.
I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs.
— Edmund Hillary
I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.
— Edmund Hillary
I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.
— Edmund Hillary
With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.
— Edmund Hillary
Challenge is what makes men. It will be the end when men stop looking for new challenges.
— Edmund Hillary
He wasn't a great man, but he had a great life.
— Jeffrey Rasley
I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.
— Edmund Hillary
Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.
— Edmund Hillary
There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
— Edmund Hillary
I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
— Edmund Hillary
Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.
— Lewis Gordon Pugh
Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
— Edmund Hillary
I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
— Edmund Hillary
I was definitely very much a country boy.
— Edmund Hillary
No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.
— Edmund Hillary
Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
— Edmund Hillary
You climb for the hell of it.
— Edmund Hillary
Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
— Edmund Hillary
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.
— Edmund Hillary
I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.
— Edmund Hillary
Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.
— Edmund Hillary
It's not the moutain we conquer but ourselves.
— Edmund Hillary
I don't regard myself as a cracking good climber. I'm just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I'm good on ice.
— Edmund Hillary
As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.
— Edmund Hillary
The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
— Edmund Hillary
It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
— Edmund Hillary
I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
— Edmund Hillary
Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
— Edmund Hillary
I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
— Edmund Hillary
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!
— Edmund Hillary
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
— Edmund Hillary
I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
— Edmund Hillary
Some day I'm going to climb Everest.
— Edmund Hillary
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
— Edmund Hillary
Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims
— Edmund Hillary
The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
— Edmund Hillary
I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can
— Edmund Hillary
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
— Edmund Hillary
It's all bullshit on Everest these days.
— Edmund Hillary
I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.
— Edmund Hillary
