Quotes of: Mountain Keyword

He wasn't a great man, but he had a great life.

Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal

I would have been glad if it had been the Lord's will to let one of my children live.

Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife

When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.

The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk

Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty.

World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.

World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout.

Samantha Stosur

I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top.

Greg Mortenson

It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.

Alex Lowe

Earth, mountains, rivers, hidden in this nothingness. In this nothingness, earth, mountains, rivers revealed. Spring flowers, winter snows. There's no being or non-being, nor denial itself.

Love

One night with an ugly woman and one day in the mountains both are like an eternity.

Turkish

I spent my summers at my grandparents’ cabin in Estes Park, literally next door to Rocky Mountain National Park. We had a view of Longs Peak across the valley and the giant rock beaver who, my granddad told me, was forever climbing toward the summi...

The Guide to Colorado Mammals

WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

Los Angeles is a very magical place when you take the entertainment industry out of it. You have beautiful beaches and amazing mountains here. I'm a big rock climber. I head out into the mountains whenever I have free time. It's amazing.

Alex Pettyfer

In New York, the buildings are like mountains in some ways, but they are only alive because of the people living in them. Real mountains are alive all over.

Same Sun Here

Mother is fading for him, her face receding into shadows, her memory diminishing with each passing day, leaking like sand from a fist.

And the Mountains Echoed

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

And the Mountains Echoed

He scarcely knew who was battling whom, who was winning, who was losing, as though he hoped that by doggedly ignoring the war it would return the favor

And the Mountains Echoed

Remember, today's challenges are tomorrow's testimonies.

Mercy Moves Mountains: Heart-Gripping Stories of God's Extraordinary Mercy and Grace to Troubled Young Girls

No, mi dicevo, non può essere bello un mondo dove le paure e gli entusiasmi spaventano i più, tesi come sono al risparmio di sé e dei propri sentimenti.

The Mountains of My Life

The most successful people in the most impossible situations are the ones that are sure they're gonna get out of it, and they go on thinking that, even if they die trying.

The Mountain Story

It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspicious of swimmers, just as those who live in the mountains are suspicious of mountain climbers.

Life of Pi