William Booth Quotes

Those who will not reason, perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason.

The choices we make lead up to actual experiences. It is one thing to decide to climb a mountain. It is quite another to be on top of it.

You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.

The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road.

Where I live, there's a lot of canyons. We're climbing constantly - we're like mountain goats. I'm just trying to get better at that.

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

It is very difficult for us to assess intent, so we have to work back from actions.

I see myself as more of a student, that I love to get down into the weeds of different problems and try to go through that. I don't mind messaging, but I'm going to default back to the research side of things.

Climbing, for me, is all about solving the magnitude of the problem. The best projects are the ones with big question marks hanging over them.

My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this way, does it makes sense, is this the right answer, why is it the right answer, are there other paths to getting there, could those be better.

If there's a wall, we break it down and go through it.

Where there is a challenge there has to be a response.

The Nose is a beautiful route. The best thing is that, in one day, you get to climb so much. You climb and climb and climb the whole day.

Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain.

Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons, we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

What did he say?" Hazel asked. "With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top," Percy replied.

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent.

Every solution of a problem is a new problem.

There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction. And thinking through, asking the questions, "Well, then what happens? What comes next?" is critically important.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.'

Instead of seeking to pinpoint blame, seek to understand cause.