John Muir
Naturalist, Writer
"I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains."
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DJ Khaled
Music Producer
"Stay positive but stay focused. Sometimes things can distract you and you don't want to be distracted on the journey to that mountain top."
Vincent de Paul
Saint, Priest
"One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than an abundance of good works done for others."
Jim Harrison
Novelist, Poet
"Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs."
Matsuo Basho
Poet
"Mountain-rose petals Falling, falling, falling now... Waterfall music"
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"If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms."
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"You won't find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains."
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"Faith is like the Himalaya mountains which cannot possibly change."
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"You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth."
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"Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!"
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"I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it."
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"Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously."
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"If you look back on your life and where you started from it's like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It's like now I can't believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here."
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"In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs"
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"I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself."
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"The Beauty of the Mountain is hidden for all those who try to discover it from the top, supposing that, one way or an other, one can reach this place directly. The Beauty of the Mountain reveals only to those who climbed it."
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"And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen?"
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"Now I may have faith/ to make mountains fall/ But if I lack love/ then I am nothin' at all"
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"Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb."
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"Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them."
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"Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer."
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"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 escape."
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"A week ago it was the mountains I thought the most wonderful, and today it's the plains. I guess it's the feeling of bigness in both that carries me away."
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"Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain."
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"I feel like I'm on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I've climbed a very giant mountain, and I'm just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air."
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