Climbing Quotes

"That which does not destroy me makes me stronger"- Nietzsche 

"The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost"- George Shultz

"Pain is only weakness leaving the body"- Tom Muccia

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent"- Marilyn vos Savant

"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice"- Ed Howe

"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death"- Betty Bender

"He who never fell never climbed"- Unknown

"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself"- Publilius Syrus

"Fear... the right and necessary counterweights to that courage which urges men skyward, and protects them from self-destruction"- Heinrich Harrer

"If you don't let go, you can't fall off"- Jerry Moffat

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears"- Michel de Montaigne

"In this short span between my fingertips and the smooth edge and these tense feet cramped to a crystal ledge, I hold the life of a man"- Geoffrey Winthrop Young

"In the sixties climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.  Now it's the other way around"- Chuck Pratt

"I banish fear with two words, you lead"- Kolokotronis

"The ground is a harsh spotter"- Old Man Caballo

"Love a climber, they use protection"

"I climb as hard as anyone on earth. I just do it on easier routes"- Mad Dog

"Climbers aren't brave.  If they were brave they would come down out of the mountains and assume a thirty year mortgage."

"Don't try to impress anybody out there. It's your own blood that you bleed"- Roy Lowry

"Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it"- Mark Twain

" Life is not tried, it is merely survived, if you're standing outside the fire"

"I'm afraid to be afraid."- Catherine Destivelle

"It's a round trip. Getting to the summit is optional, getting down is mandatory."-  Ed Viesturs

"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So. . . get on your way"- Dr. Seuss

"The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak"- Jacques Benigne Bossuet

"Those who say it can't be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it."- Unknown.

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."-  Sir Rannulph Fiennes.

"Well, I'll say this: climbing can kill you, but women can destroy you. There's a big difference, y'know."- Derek Hersey.

"Sitting on that first hook of the day, it's like your first time having sex. Your entire focus is on one very small object."- Kelly Rich.

"This climb waits for someone with stainless steel testicles."-  Roger Briggs,

"Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."- Dale Carnegie.

"He who remains calm while those around him panics probably doesn't know what is going on."

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YOU KNOW YOUR A CLIMBER WHEN...

• You see every vertical surface as a potential climb.
• You say your girlfriend has a great rack and your not referring to her bust size
• You climb your friend's fireplace. you don't get in trouble for staring at someones butt for hours.
• You know how to get on your roof without a ladder.
• The thing you want most in a new girlfriend is a set of nuts
• You begin buying your shoes 2 sizes too small out of habit
• Your climbing equipment is worth more than your car.
• "Good protection" has nothing to do with sex
• Saying "nice jugs" won't get you slapped
• "Nuts" has nothing to do with your privates
• Your escape plan in case of a fire is rappelling out the window
• Your forearms are bigger than your biceps.
• Using harnesses, and rope with your significant other has nothing to do with BD[SM]
• Your climbing gear is the only stuff you own that is neatly put away, and organized
• "Flash" has nothing to do with exposing your privates
• Its ok to talk about sliding your hand up a greasy crack.
• What you call cold is not on the thermometer scale.
• You don't walk down stairs, you rappel.
• If you've ever climbed so hard it hurts to hold onto the steering wheel on the way home.
• You compete with your friends to see how many doors in your dorm you can drytool before you fall or tear the frame apart
• You've ever driven all night so you could climb all day.
• Not only is your Nalgene scratched and covered in climbing stickers, but the stickers are so sun-bleached that you can't tell what they say.
• You are a 17 year old boy and instead of searching for porn at 1AM, you search for pictures of Gunks classics like the Buddah.
• You hear the name "Hillary" and think of Everest instead of Mrs. Clinton and White House scandals.
• You moan and complain about people getting gear placement wrong in the movies and not when a single bullet blows up a car
• It's perfectly fine to hang out half naked and in some sort of bondage gear with a bunch of guys.
• You arrive at a climbing gym with stoppers and friends still in your bag.
• You think chalk is the answer to everything duct tape isn't
• You have ever clipped a 3 ounce set of keys to your belt with a 25 kn carabiner
• You crimp and pull up on every door jam you walk under
• C4 is under your shoe and the rent-a-cop doesn't say a thing at the airport
• V8 is a tough boulder problem not a drink
• You hear the word "flapper" from across the room and quiver
• You no longer have anything in common with most other people.
• You brag about taking a whipper
• On vacation in France you admire more curves on boulders than you do on women
• All your relatives keep referring to you as the crazy one in the family.
• You keep finding carabiners all around your house and in your car.
• "Sending" something does not involve the USPS, UPS, or Fed-Ex
• You can wake up a 6:00 am on saturday on 4 hours sleep to drive 3 hours, climb all day, drive 3 hours back and drink the night away but waking up at 8:00 on monday morning to get to work for 9:00 is cruel and unheard of
• The majority of your "friends" are hanging on your rack.
• A highball isn't a cocktail glass.
• When self arrest doesn't mean you turn yourself in to the police station.
• You start coiling your extension cords the same as you do your ropes.

(taken from the web)