Mountain Quotes

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Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to… — Hudson Stuck
Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and… — Anne Stevenson
[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were demanded for their… — Dian Fossey
I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish… — Perry Como
If you truly hold a stone, you can feel the mountain it came from. — Mark Nepo
The humor is that finally when you have the power to move the mountain, you are the person who placed it there-so there the mountain… — Ram Dass
Peace is Letting Go--Returning to the Silence that cannot enter the realm of words because it is too pure to be contained in words. This… — Malidoma Patrice Some
Well I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand — Jimi Hendrix
I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees,… — Thabo Mbeki
Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops. — Phillips Brooks
Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life. Breathe… — Morihei Ueshiba
Faith and initiative rightly combined, remove mountains, barriers and achieve the unheard of and the miraculous. — Henry Chester
Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction… — Doug Scott
When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the… — Galen Rowell
They talk about their Pilgrim blood, their birthright high and holy! a mountain-stream that ends in mud thinks is melancholy. — James Russell Lowell
Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The mountain is nothing without people on it. Often you part expedition exasperated, but a year or two later you go back with the same… — Greg Child
Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our notion of climbing… — Greg Child
Ever since a small boy, I have loved just to look at the mountains, to see them in different lights and from different angles, to… — Wilfrid Noyce
I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in… — Petrarch

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