Mountain Climbing Quotes

38 quotes by 31 authors

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. — Paul D. Boyer
Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a… — Fritz Zwicky
Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games. — Ernest Hemingway
Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain... Climbing… — Chris Darwin
When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I… — Galen
If you're ever killed mountain climbing, then all that you've worked for is gone — Jim Whittaker
The greatest cause of ulcers is mountain-climbing over molehills. — Maxwell Maltz
I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here. — Wislawa Szymborska
The mountains were there and so was I. — Maurice Herzog
A few hours of mountain climbing make a blackguard and a saint two rather similar creatures. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be… — Eckhart Tolle
Mountain climbing was my original sport ... and I've never tired from the satisfaction of getting to the top of a mountain. — Steve Fossett
The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power… — Stephen Covey
A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures. Tiredness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. — Mason Cooley
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. — Dag Hammarskjold
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. — Aldous Huxley
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. — Joseph Joubert

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