I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
Interpretation
The speaker expresses gratitude for achieving a dream, recognizing its rarity.
In this quote, Edmund Hillary reflects on the importance of dreams and the fulfillment that comes with achieving them. He acknowledges the extraordinary nature of realizing one's aspirations, highlighting that this doesn't happen to everyone and emphasizing the sentiment of gratitude and fulfillment that accompanies such accomplishments.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students.
I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.
Despite all I have seen and experiences, I still get the same thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb toward it.
I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.
Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.
Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.
Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.
If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.
Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. They move the ball forward every day. They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct.
I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.
One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do important problems, then you can. If you think you can't, almost surely you are not going to.
As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.
I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.
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