Mountain Quotes

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It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who… — Tenzing Norgay
Nothing but mountains filled with barbarous ethnics with views as medieval as their muskets, and unspeakably cruel too — Alexander Cockburn
Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, on… — Gregory of Nyssa
Soul Mountain, the story of one manâ€™s quest for inner peace and freedom. — Gao Xingjian
Impossible mountains are climbed by those who have the self confidence that comes from truly being loved. — H. Burke Peterson
Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible, by faith in the omnipotence, fidelity, and wisdom of the Almighty Saviour Who… — Charles Studd
Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of… — Khalil Gibran
Together, joined in effort by the burden, they staggered up the last steep of the mountain. Together, they chanted One! Two! Three! and crashed the… — William Golding
On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we have ceased to… — Lionel Terray
If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb… — Wilfrid Noyce
In a sense everything that is exists to climb. All evolution is a climbing towards a higher form. Climbing for life as it reaches towards… — Unknown Author
I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any… — Leslie Stephen
Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those who… — Gaston Rebuffat
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. — William Arthur Ward
Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion. — Anatoli Boukreev
I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries. — Brian Andreas
Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm. — Unknown Author
In general, the bigger a mountain the older it is. The biggest mountains were built before any others, because when they were built there was… — Mikhail Lomonosov
It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on the origin of… — Charles Lyell
Most of these Mountains and Inland places whereon these kind of Petrify'd Bodies and Shells are found at present, or have been heretofore, were formerly… — Robert Hooke

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