Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG, ONZ, KBEwas a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Hillary was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth20 July 1919
mountain important life-is
Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
looks mountaineering bits
Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
inspirational life motivational
You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.
motivation important factors
Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.
boredom problem
Boredom has always been a problem.
hands sight mind
If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.
motivational growing next
Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!
practice focus
With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.
inspirational leadership extraordinary-person
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
inspirational motivational graduation
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
motivational mountain conquer
I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can
everest far hardly photograph summit taken
As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how.
certain fantastic hero ordinary
You dont have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.
country
I was definitely very much a country boy.