Mountain Quotes

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Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising.… — Jean Craighead George
We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do. Bando sniffs deeply and shakes his head. We… — Jean Craighead George
Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesnâ€™t ask the question:… — George R. R. Martin
There is a great good in returning to a landscape that has had extraordinary meaning in one's life. It happens that we return to such… — N. Scott Momaday
And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers,… — Petrarch
I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for… — Ann Patchett
On every mountain height is rest. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them. — Russell Conwell
I have always wanted to be both man and woman, to incorporate the strongest and richest parts of my mother and father within/into me -… — Audre Lorde
If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplishedâ€”mountains can be crumbled into atoms. — Swami Vivekananda
The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and… — Meriwether Lewis
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its… — Paul Auster
As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in fish. I do… — Paul Watson
Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. — Victor Hugo
Traveller is my only companion ... He and I ... wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence. — Robert E. Lee
If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in… — Peter Zumthor
I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains — Daniel Libeskind
I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion… — Christopher Columbus
We three kings of Orient are. Bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain. Following yonder star. — Unknown Author

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