Best Mountain Quotes
This is a collection of some of my favorite mountain quotes, some of them are inspiring, some of them are motivating and some highlight the beauty of the mountains.
"Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing" - Barry Finlay
“Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.” - Andy Andrews
“The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far." - Paulo Coelho
“Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was.” - Dag Hammarskjöld
“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery of why we climb.” - Greg Child
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” - John Muir
“The greatest gift of life on the mountain is time. Time to think or not think, read or not read, scribble or not scribble, to sleep and cook and walk in the woods, to sit and stare at the shapes of the hills.” - Phillip Connors
“Mountains know the secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find the strength to rise up.” - Tyler Knott Gregson
“There's no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It's experiencing the climb itself - in all its moments of revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue - that has to be the goal.” - Karyn Kusama
“The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.” - Marianne Williamson
“Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” - Richard M. Nixon
“ Sometimes you climb the mountain, and you fall and fail. Maybe there is a different path that will take you up. Sometimes a different mountain.” - Caterina Fake
“Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.”- Anatoli Boukreev
“I'd rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.”
- John Muir.
"We cannot lower the mountain, therefore we must elevate ourselves" - Todd Skinner
“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr
“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“The mountains have rules. They are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside your soul.” - Walter Bonatti
“One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.” - John Muir
“The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” - Robert M. Pirsig
