Mountains Quotes

The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.

As long as you have the blessing of your parents it does not matter even if you live in the mountains.

Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.

You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.
James Whittaker

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.

Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain.

Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move.

The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Dont fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far.

The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.
Sam Cummings

In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

You cannot see the mountain near.

No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.

Any coward can sit at home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather by far die on a mountainside than in bed.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

When you heard that a mountain was moved, believe it; but when you hear that someone changed his character do not believe it.

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
Robert M. Pirsig

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.

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 lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view.
Jacques Lipchitz







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