Eminence Quote by Cargill Gilston Knott

I am as one Who doth attempt some lofty mountain's height, And having gained what to the upcast eye The summit's point appear'd, astonished…

— Joanna Baillie

Any one who has stood upon a lofty summit and gazed over an inchoate tangle of deep canyons and cragged mountains, of sunlit lakelets…

— Bob Marshall

When I was a small child, I began on small mountains. Now, as I am getting older, the small peaks are getting bigger. If…

— Reinhold Messner

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining…

— David Icke

We are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak…

— Max Planck

I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his…

— C. S. Lewis

As we conquer peak after peak we see in front of us regions full of interest and beauty, but we do not see our…

— Joseph John Thomson

A plateau is the highest form of flattery.

— Green Monk

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

A lone peak of high point is a natural focal point in the landscape, something by which both travelers and local orient themselves. In…

— Rebecca Solnit

Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.

— Matthew Hayden