Quotes on Reaching The Top

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature,” he said. “You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

A discovery is like falling in love and reaching the top of a mountain after a hard climb all in one, an ecstasy not induced by drugs but by the revelation of a face of nature that no one has seen before and that often turns out to be more subtle and wonderful than anyone had imagined.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

Reaching the top is a monumental achievement, but remaining there may be the most spectacular feat of all.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering that you’re on the wrong wall.