"The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks"

“In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs”

“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.”

"The mountains are calling and I must go"

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”

"He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”

"Beyond mountains there are mountains again" Haitain proverb

"Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen"

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

“It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.”

“For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? / The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.” - Bible

“The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.”

“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”

“We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful.”

"No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it."

"When the wind calls,
You know,
That somewhere in the mountains,
It has found the answers that you were looking for.
The pull of the horizon overcomes the inertia of reason...
And you just have to go"

"There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way."

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