Mountain Quotes

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The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its… — Sun Tzu
We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the… — Sun Tzu
When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is… — Sun Tzu
Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still… — Sun Tzu
Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed… — Sun Tzu
When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing, firm as the… — Sun Tzu
I headed for this white mountain, but was caught in the wind and the mist . . . I followed the cliff from north to… — Louis Bleriot
The rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down… — David Pogue
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian condition: here it is the mighty act of will, the will which moves mountains, the intoxication… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and be… — Mao Zedong
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds… — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
We had a sunset of a very fine sort. The vast plain of the sea was marked off in bands of sharply-contrasted colors: great stretches… — Mark Twain
This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away. — Erica Jong
The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go… — Tacitus
The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains. — Ernest Hello
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. — Al Neuharth
It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a… — Francis Kilvert
The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me aware of possibilities… — Walter Bonatti

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