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

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"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

Hope

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

- Edmund Hillary

Personal Growth

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

- Edmund Hillary

Personal Growth

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

- Edmund Hillary

Personal Growth

"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

Resilience

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief