Climbing Quotes

597 Climbing quotes by 400 unique authors

I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of… — Lord Byron
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in.… — Leif Enger
Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it like a flash… — Alice Hoffman
The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age… — Matsuo Basho
Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the… — Victor Hugo
I can see inside planes!' he yells. 'Come and look!' It's difficult climbing in a mini dress...I haul myself up even though my arms ache.… — Jenny Downham
when the sky is as grey as this - impeccably grey, a denial, really of the very concept of colour - and the stooped millions… — Martin Amis
Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them. Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it… — Patricia Briggs
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and… — Edna Ferber
Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-climbing powers; we get Aquatruck. — Cassandra Clare
In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees — Philip Roth
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand, and what you've been up there searching for forever, is in your hands.… — Carrie Underwood
O for a life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts! — John Keats
Take my camel, dear,' said my aunt Dot, climbing down from that animal on her return from high Mass. — Rose Macaulay
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it. — Andy Rooney
When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued… — Jacqueline Susann
Our Heavenly Father loves each one of us and understands that this process of climbing higher takes preparation, time, and commitment. He understands that we… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling… — Rick Riordan
It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said… — Mitch Albom
Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a… — Ricky Gervais
Imagine a poem written with such enormous three-dimensional words that we had to invent a smaller word to reference each of the big ones; that… — N.D. Wilson
Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty… — Barbara Mertz
I feel moderately bad about this whole thing. On the one hand, I am providing myself with urgently required survival skills. Other lessons in this… — Audrey Niffenegger
He came to a decision and looked at Dagon before climbing into the car. "Find the Disir." Dagon stiffened, showing a rare sign of emotion.… — Michael Scott
His eyebrows drew together. He was perilously close to unibrow; I guess nobody had held him down and administered a good plucking to the caterpillar… — Lilith Saintcrow

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