Elevation Quote by Albert Pike

In a mist the heights can for the most part see each other; but the valleys cannot.

— Augustus William Hare

When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the…

— Berthold Auerbach

As I stood and watched the mists slowly rising this morning I wondered what view was more beautiful than this.

— Hal Borland

The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged…

— Henry David Thoreau

“I watched the shadow of our plane hastening below us across hedges and fences, rows of poplars and canals … Nowhere, however, was a…

— W.G. Sebald

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely look up…

— Henry David Thoreau

Clouds signify the veil of the Most High.

— Honore de Balzac

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top…

— Anonymous

“A river so clear and transparent that the bright stones suspended within its currents could be seen with the naked eye, glittering with the…

— Kevin Fedarko

“There is no doubt that the last hour of any flight is the hardest. If there are any clouds about to make shadows one…

— Amelia Earhart

What may appear as a towering peak to one may seem but an ordinary eminence to another.

— Cargill Gilston Knott