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.

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

- Edmund Hillary

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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

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

- Edmund Hillary

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

- Edmund Hillary

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

- Edmund Hillary

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

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"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

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