Edward Whymper quotes

“There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and with these in mind I say, climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.”
-- Edward Whymper

Source : 1871 Scrambles Amongst the Alps.

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“The thing to be wished for, is not that the mountains should become easier, but that men should become wiser and stronger.”
-- Edward Whymper

Source : Edward Whymper (1871). “Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69”, p.117

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“Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.”
-- Edward Whymper

Source : 1871 Scrambles Amongst the Alps.

#Thinking Quotes #Haste Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.”

“Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.”

“Goodbye, my almost lover. Goodbye, my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance, my back is turned on you. Should've known you'd bring me heartache. Almost lovers always do.”

Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007

“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”

“Think it over, think it under.”

“Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.”

“Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.”

“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”

“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics

“My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.”