Mountain Quotes

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When you lose a goal so early, you've always got an uphill mountain. — Steve Claridge
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your… — Ansel Adams
Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of… — Amos Bronson Alcott
Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness… — Saint Augustine
Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and craggy… — Unknown Author
In the spangled sky, the rainbow, the woodland hung with diamonds, the sward sown with pearly dew, the rosy dawn, the golden clouds of even,… — Thomas Guthrie
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on… — William O. Douglas
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural… — Mark Udall
The great mountains of the world are a great remedy if men but did know it against our modern discontent and ambitions. In the hills… — Eric Rucker Eddison
Before going mountain bike riding, it's a good idea to leave your valuables at home. Your testicles, for example. — Unknown Author
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 no life. There's… — Lance Armstrong
When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the… — Robert Jastrow
When you look at a wall spotted with stains...you may discover a resemblance to various landscapes, beautiful with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees. Or again, you… — Leonardo da Vinci
Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise… — Charles Spurgeon
Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever… — William Shakespeare
Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And… — Chad Hugo
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen, where silence will touch you, and heartbreak will mend. — Van Morrison
If there were a mile high mountain of granite, and once every ten-thousand years a bird flew past and brushed it with a feather, by… — Lois Duncan

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