151 Quotes by Edmund Hillary

Better if he had said something natural like, "Jesus, here we are.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

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.

I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.

You dont have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.

My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School.

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.

I don't regard myself as a cracking good climber. I'm just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I'm good on ice.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.