Quotes About Ascent

In the mountains the shortest route is from peak to peak but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks, and those to whom they are spoken should be big and tall of stature.

The higher a man gets, the smaller he seems to those who cannot fly.

If I am to become a delicate cloud upon the sky, I must first convince the ground that I am not abandoning her. Like a worried lover, sure, she must be comforted and reassured that I will return following my dramatic and regal ascent to the sky.

If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.

The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Climb greater heights to obtain a new perspective.

The curse of climbing is discovering how great the distance yet to climb.

I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV.

Cel ce tinde sa urce mereu mai sus trebuie sa se astepte ca, intr-o buna zi, sa-l surprinda ameteala. Ce inseamna ameteala? Teama de a cadea? Dar cum se face ca ne cuprinde ameteala chiar atunci cand ne aflam pe o belvedere prevazuta cu o balustrada solida? Ameteala e altceva decat teama de a cadea. E vocea golului de sub noi, care ne atrage, ne ispiteste, trezind in noi dorinta caderii, careia ne impotrivim apoi, cu teama.

If a person doesn't have a balance then he cannot achieve his ascent.

This is what it means to believe in ascension and fear climbing.

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

Climbing is a journey without culmination.

there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death.

Only climbers get to the top.

straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!

When you're at the bottom, there's no place to go but up," said

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb you know, most of it's up until you reach the very very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply.

Coming down was the hardest part of any climbing.

Coborâtul este partea cea mai grea din orice c???rare.

A man does not always remain at the same stage. He is always ascending or descending. When he reaches the top, he must concern himself with the probability that he will fall. When he reaches the bottom, he must strive once again to climb to the top. That is the nature of man. When the soul of a man is in its darkest night, he must strive constantly for new light. When one thinks there is only an end, that is when one must struggle for the new beginning.

We need to conceptualize; we need to articulate conservative domestic policy with a laser focus on opportunity, on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder.