Edmund Hillary

"Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain."

- Edmund Hillary

"I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not — it’s not an experience I would like to have again. And then June came along."

- Edmund Hillary

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them."

- Edmund Hillary

"Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it."

- Edmund Hillary

"You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things—to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals."

- Edmund Hillary

""It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.""

- Edmund Hillary

""It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.""

- Edmund Hillary

"It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things."

- Edmund Hillary

"If you only do what others have already done, you will only feel what others have already felt. However, if you choose to achieve something that no one has ever done, then you will have a satisfaction that no one else has ever had."

- Edmund Hillary

"Life's a bit like mountaineering—never look down."

- Edmund Hillary