Edmund Hillary

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Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
@SummitFirst

Beekeeper from New Zealand. Climbed Everest because it was there. Built schools because they weren't.

Edmund Hillary

Reaching the summit of a mountain gives great satisfaction, but nothing for me has been more rewarding in life than the result of our climb on Everest, when we have devoted ourselves to the welfare of our Sherpa friends.

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. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus.

Edmund Hillary

The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find.

Edmund Hillary

I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt, either, that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics. That has given me more satisfaction than a footprint on a mountain.

Edmund Hillary
@SummitFirst·1975·Nothing Venture, Nothing Win

It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.

Edmund Hillary
@SummitFirst·1999·View from the Summit

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
@SummitFirst·1999·View from the Summit

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.