“For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.”
"A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can't get you to the top. That's entirely up to you."
- Roland Smith
Courage
"The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below."
- Roland Smith
Success
"...what makes a story unique is not necessarily the information in the story but what the writer chooses to put in or leave out."
- Roland Smith
Creativity
"When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall. Not all the stones will fit. Some will have to be discarded. Some broken and reshaped. When you finish the wall it may not look exactly like the wall you envisioned, but it will keep the livestock in and the predators out."
- Roland Smith
Learning
"You don't have to be alone to feel alone."
- Roland Smith
Connection to Earth
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition