Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest) — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
The mountain at a given distance In amber lies; Approached, the amber flits a little,-- And that's the skies! — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
“Spirituality is not about how far up the mountain we get but how many we take with us.” — Earnie Larsen Copy Share Image
To use an image, making a film is like climbing a mountain or crossing an ocean. Every day has its challenges. — Abdellatif Kechiche Copy Share Image
A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I don't buy into that whole concept of success that I have this mountain with this moat around it and then I… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
There is no substitute for a real location when you're trying to shoot the jungle. You can't just go anywhere. You've got… — Rachelle Lefevre Copy Share Image
I mean that's one of the reasons why I partnered with Mountain Dew because they don't focus on us as athletes, but… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
“I had never climbed a mountain, but standing at the bottom, looking at the summit, thinking, “How the fuck am I going… — Grace G. Payge Copy Share Image
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Our American story, for generations, is of a people who seek to move forward. A people who look at a mountain and… — Bill Owens Copy Share Image
There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Nineteen hundred meters up there is completely different from1,900 any place else. There's no air, there's no oxygen. There's no vegetation, there's… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then this idea of climbing Mount Everest… — Raha Moharrak Copy Share Image
Kunlun Mountain Over the earth the greenblue monster Kunlun who has seen all spring color and passion of men. Three million dragons… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“Morally, however, we had had absolutely no choice but to abort our summit try to help Thor and Chantal get down the… — Ed Viesturs Copy Share Image
Civilization, stretching up to recognize that every child is a portion of State wealth, may presently make some movement to recognize maternity… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
Roll rocks down a ten-thousand-foot mountain, and they cannot be stopped - this is because of the mountain, not the rocks. Get… — Du Mu Copy Share Image
We saw too much beauty to be cynical, felt too much joy to be dismissive, climbed too many mountains to be quitters,… — Glen Hansard Copy Share Image
The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
