I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet. – Jung Chang
I don’t ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder. – Marco Rubio
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael Jordan
I’m not the kind of person who’s going to look at the top of a mountain and go, ‘Oh, look at that! That’s lovely. That’s lovely, that top of that mountain.’ I’m the kind of person who’s going to go, ‘Oh, my God! That’s so lovely! Let’s go climb up it!’ – Kate Winslet
I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while. – Kate Hudson
Why do I want to be challenged or have challenges? That’s why I don’t go climb mountains. – Jeff Garlin
My career has been a gradual climb. I think that’s part of the reason why I’ve had longevity. – Lenny Kravitz
One thing I can’t do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it’s so hard to climb rope! It’s all about grip and arms. – Katy Perry
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame’s proud temple shines afar? – James Beattie
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. – Muhammad Ali
First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf. – Martin Luther
The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque. – Sai Baba
Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker. – Seamus Heaney
I’m one of those people who always needs a mountain to climb. When I get up a mountain as far as I think I’m going to get, I try to find another mountain. – Polly Bergen
And still I’m not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher. – Oksana Baiul
I take all day to climb mountains and then spend about 10 minutes at the top admiring the view. – Sebastian Thrun
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb. – Ranulph Fiennes
You see, as Americans we’re not defined by class, and we will never be told our place. What makes our nation exceptional is that anyone, from any background, can climb the highest of heights. – Rick Perry