Mountain Quotes
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” Dr. Seuss
“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” Greg Child
“The best view comes after the hardest climb.” Unknown
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.” Wislawa Szymborska
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” – John Muir
“Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.” – Hermann Buhl
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.” – William Blak
“It feels good to be lost in the right direction.” – Unknown
“Happiness and hiking go hand in hand or foot in boot.” – Diane Spicer
“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” – Anatoli Boukreev
“May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits” – Harley King
“You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves.” – Lito Tejada-Flores
“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings.” – Unknown
“You need mountains, long staircases don’t make good hikers.” – Amit Kalantri
“Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak.” – Unknown
“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 away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” – John Muir
“There are two kinds of climbers, those who climb because their heart sings when they’re in the mountains, and all the rest.” – Alex Lowe
“Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.” – Yvon Chouinard
“Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.” Earl Shaffer
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking. You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” Cindy Ross
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” Mary Davis
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” G.M. Trevelyan
“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” Sir Martin Conway
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.” Andy Rooney
“If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” Gary Snyder
“You need special shoes for hiking—and a bit of a special soul as well.” Terri Guillemets
“For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you.” – Anonymous
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” John Muir
“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical.” Carl Sagan
“Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world.” John Muir
“I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”– Robert Frost
“Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other…again and again and again. And if you allow yourself the opportunity to be present throughout the entirety of the trek, you will witness beauty every step of the way, not just at the summit.” – Anonymous
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old, we grow old because we stop hiking.” – Finis Mitchel
“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle
“Because in the end you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn, Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.” – Anonymous
“Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” – Carrie Latet
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Rannulph Fiennes
“The long distant hiker, a breed set apart, From the likes of the usual pack, He’ll shoulder his gear, be hitting the trail, long gone, long ‘fore he’ll be back.” – M.J. Eberhart
“You Can’t Climb Up A Mountain, with Downhill Thoughts.” – Anonymous
“Remember to turn everything off once a week including your brain and walk somewhere quiet”- Anonymous
“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” – Henry David Thoreau
“A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.” – Edward Abbey
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