Mountains Quotes

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Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. — Robinson Jeffers
We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do. Bando sniffs deeply and shakes his head. We… — Jean Craighead George
Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesnâ€™t ask the question:… — George R. R. Martin
There is a great good in returning to a landscape that has had extraordinary meaning in one's life. It happens that we return to such… — N. Scott Momaday
And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers,… — Petrarch
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them. — Russell Conwell
I have always wanted to be both man and woman, to incorporate the strongest and richest parts of my mother and father within/into me -… — Audre Lorde
If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplishedâ€”mountains can be crumbled into atoms. — Swami Vivekananda
The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and… — Meriwether Lewis
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its… — Paul Auster
As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in fish. I do… — Paul Watson
Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. — Victor Hugo
Traveller is my only companion ... He and I ... wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence. — Robert E. Lee
If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in… — Peter Zumthor
I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains — Daniel Libeskind
I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion… — Christopher Columbus
At the time Gothic cathedrals were designed, most people lived in dark huts, so just walking into a space vastly larger than what they were… — Michael Persinger
Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer can move God — Edward McKendree Bounds
So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. — Oliver Goldsmith
When mountains fall, I'll stand, By the power of Your hand. — Darlene Zschech

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