Favorite Quotations
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Mountains
Storm Dog of the Koolaus
There is nothing in life so difficult that it cannot be overcome. This faith can move mountains. It can change people. It can change the world. You can survive all the great storms in your life. ~ Norman Vincent Peale In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base spreads out in manifold foothills into the world of mortals. It is the way by which man can raise himself to the divine and by which the divine can reveal itself to man. ~ Rene Daumal, Mount Analogue
We do not ask the mountain's aid to crack a walnut. ~ Wole Soyinka There are some moments like walking in the mountains after the rain when you feel it is so wonderful to be human. ~ Shen Wei
Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. ~ Carter G. Woodson Live your life each day, as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. ~ Harold B. Melchart On the mountain, joy and sorrow are close companions. ~ Fritz Marz Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. ~ John Muir Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. ~ William Blake
When there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains. ~ Eric Hoffer Our way is not soft grass. It's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun. ~ Ruth Westheimer
"The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist. ~ Rabindranath Tagore