Mountain Quotes

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If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today. — Randy Newman
The mountain is not something eternally sublime; it has a great historic and spiritual meaning to us. It stands for us as the ladder of… — Jan Smuts
Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power… — Alain Gerbault
As to whether Marcos is gay: Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro,… — Subcomandante Marcos
There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with… — Johannes V. Jensen
I emerged from the black oil pools in the forgotten house of dreams in the wild backcountry of the heart. I am heir to the… — Jimmy Santiago Baca
The only people who have trouble with poetry are the people who link it with literature.Â It's much more akin to mountain-walking, and dancing by… — Unknown Author
Bianca Nazario stands at the end of the world. The firmament above is as blue as the summer skies of her childhood, mirrored in the… — Unknown Author
It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no… — Ruskin Bond
Through the clouds of smoke I seemed to see all old Asia before me, and the adventures of past years behind me. A carnival of… — Unknown Author
Part of the magic of the experience lay in the sheer beauty of the setting: the breathtaking sight of the high mountains, the sweep of… — Joseph Jaworski
For every hiker, climber or canoeist who gets into trouble, there are thousands more who don't. Peter Bronski's compelling account of misadventures in the Adirondacks… — Jim Wickwire
I often think of those marvelous weeks spent in the Waddington Range in 1950. 2 new routes on the northern side of the peak and… — Allen Steck
If you see yourself as trying to beat the mountain, eventually the mountain will win. You don't conquer mountains, you cooperate with them. — Stacy Allison
When life gets tangled there's something so reassuring about climbing a mountain. The challenge is unambiguous. — Stacy Allison
The summit is not the only place on the mountain. — Laurence Gonzales
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. — Og Mandino
The Welsh are not like any other people in Britain, and they know how separate they are. They are the Celts, the tough little wine-dark… — Laurie Lee
We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves. — Langston Hughes
Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go… — Jacques Lipchitz

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