Mountain Quotes

It seemed to me as we were talking about Christ rising from the dead, the sun popped over the mountain. That was indicative of Christ rising - a new day. It just makes sense.

For every mountain, there is a miracle.

One who can move mountains start with the little stones.

There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is the application of a knowledge to an action.

Green how I love you green. Green wind. Green boughs. The ship on the sea And the horse on the mountain.

Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.

America is ripe for lies and lethargy. The pure mountain air is going and gone. It is a huge burden and a sadness for us all.

Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.

The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

Mountain biking helps people become environmentalists. A mountain bike is a vehicle to appreciate the backcountry.

One had a lovely face, And two or three had charm, But charm and face were in vain. Because the mountain grass Cannot keep the form Where the mountain hare has lain.

I am not enough to be only in the mountains, not enough to be on an expedition. I believe that if the walks uphill, then with some goal, and that goal is to climb to the top.

I am life. I have no name. I am as the fresh breeze of the mountains.

Mountains should not be judged by altitude.

Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.

I tend to worry about the minutiae of life. But living in the mountains of Idaho and having retreated from fame, I am more in tune with life.

Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.

A man's passion for the mountain is, above all, his childhood which refuses to die.

You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

I believe absolutely in my own free will and my own power to accomplish - and that is the belief that moves mountains.

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.

I am like the she-wolf / I broke with the pack / I fled to the mountains / Growing tired of the flatlands.

With strength to lift mountains and spirit to take on the World

Now her eyes meet mine like green lightning-they are green, these eyes of hers, whose power is so indescribable-green, but as are precious stones, or deep unfathomable mountain lakes.

The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.

After an age of leaves and feathers someone dead thought of the mountain as money and cut the trees that were here and the wind and the rain at night. It is hard to say it.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.

Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.

I could paint these mountains the way they look, but it isn't how I see them.

There is a Soul within the Soul. Seek it out. There is a Treasure in your mountain. Seek it Out. A mystic in motion, if that's what you are, don't seek out there; seek inside.

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.

Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.

On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!

Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

Prayer has mighty power to move mountains because the Holy Spirit is ready both to encourage our praying and to remove the mountains hindering us.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity

You are down in the valley and the valley is filled with smog. You can't see too well. When we meditate, we are going beyond the smog to the top of the mountain.

We look at the mountain to see the painting, then we look at the painting to see the mountain.

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around, and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave.

You know, the mountains are full of dangers, and they swallow you up. But mostly, they give.

God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.

A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river.

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.

It is good to be the possessor of some mountain-top experience.