C Quotes
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“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 away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”
“Climb the mountains that your destiny demands. Do not expect another person to conquer them on your behalf. The blessings on the other side are yours, not theirs.”
Source: The Daily Dose of Motivational Quotes
“Climb the mountains, search the valleys, the deserts, the seashores, the deep recesses of the earth, for only in this way and no other will you arrive at the true nature of things.”
“Climb those mountains and cross those streams. Let God lead as you chase your dreams, and when you reach the summit, you will be free.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Climb those mountains with grit and keep going. The journey to a great destiny requires you to persist.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Climb those mountains with grit. Let each ascent lift your spirit, broaden your perspective, and elevate your understanding.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Climb up the ladder one step at a time, moving gracefully to the rhythm of your own heart.
- from the essay, On The Side of Time, Amazed.”
Source: Amazed: A Girl’s Infinite Pursuit to Grasp the Essence of Humanity in Writing
“Climb up the ladder! Climb up the ladder! Are you stupid?!”
“Climb upon the hates, and build upon the loves.”
“Climb without ropes and tumble into paradise.”
“Climbed up on the rainbow
Just to see if I'd fall off”
“Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important. Experience is important. Feeling is important.”
“Climbers have no sense of smell.”
“Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics.”
“Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.”
“Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures.”
“Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how fast and efficiently they can do it, but far worse, to see how much faster and more efficiently they are than a party which did the same climb a few days before. The climb becomes secondary, no more important than a racetrack. Man is pitted against man.”
“Climbing had captured my soul.”
Source: Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest
“Climbing has long been defined as an outdoor sport peopled by independent, spirited men and women, challenging rugged rock faces.”
“Climbing has worked for me in a number of ways on Capitol Hill. I'm much more inclined to look at what people do, as opposed to what they say. Also, it's about working together - we're all on the rope together, and you don't get to cut the rope if you're not getting along with someone.”
“Climbing is a full-body sport from your fingers to your toes, but at the same time, it's like a dance on the rock. It's about being strong and fit but also graceful and elegant and efficient on the rock.”
“Climbing is a great effort, but the extraordinary pleasure.”
“Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not let us give half of ourselves-it demands all of us. It demands our best.”
“Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of spirituality. To rise in an elevator, balloon, or airplane is to experience being liberated from weight, sublimated, invested with superhuman abilities. In addition, to rise from the earth is to approach the realm of light and overview. Therefore the negative overcoming of weight is at the same time the positive achievement of enlightenment and an unobstructed outlook.”
Source: The Dynamics of Architectural Form
“Climbing is a process - like yoga or running. We want to go to the spots where we're barely able to hold on. Those are the climbs that force us to become better athletes and grow as climbers.”
“Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousanders will miss all theat. They are wasting the best years of their climbing lives.”
“Climbing is actually a great sport for blind people and that carried me on to climbing bigger and bigger mountains, snowy mountains, ice faces, and developing different techniques to be able to do that.”
“Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be an ambassador for the sport and raise the profile. I try to take advantage of any opportunity to share climbing with the world.”
“Climbing is an artistic, creative thing; it's about being spontaneous, traveling, seeing the world, hanging out. It's a balance of setting goals while enjoying the process, being ambitious without being too competitive.”
“Climbing is individual thing, it's a reflection of yourself. When you put up a route you're looking at yourself. If you chisel holds, it's your responsibility, nobody else's.”
“Climbing is my lifelong journey. And in the same way you go running and you have days where you really feel in tune, you have some days where you don't feel that good. It's this never-ending process. Accepting that and enjoying that for what it is, that's really where the life of climbing is.”
“Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.”
“Climbing is often group activity and it's always inspiring to see how other people, who share your passions, do things.”
“Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety that outpopulates, outshines and outlives the actual athletes.”
“Climbing is so fun and such a good experience, that I think it's important not to take it too seriously. It's not the end of the world - or the entire world either.”
“Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which is minor - or you may get hurt, which is major. Instead of years of meditation, you have this activity that forces you to relax and monitor your breathing and tread that line between living and dying. When you climb, you always are confronted with the edge. Hey, if it was just like climbing a ladder, we all would have quit a long time ago.”
“Climbing is this lifestyle activity that really works every muscle in your body.”
“Climbing is this long term, lifelong journey. It's really important to just take your time with it and keep it fun. I've seen a lot of people burn out because it starts becoming this job for them. It stops being fun. For me, it's been really important to keep it enjoyable. Listen to your motivation.”
“Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.”
“Climbing is what I do.”
“Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity”
“Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his life. This is a precious book - that rare combination of solid wisdom and good literature.”
“Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“Climbing may be hard, but it's easier than growing up. (Thanks Ed Sklar!)”
“Climbing mountains may seem easy but it takes thousands of foothills and perseverance to reach to the highest peak.”
“Climbing over mountains, higher and higher He lifts me: I can see the eagles meeting in peace, knowing that He has everything they ever need to their expose. - Nobody Like Jesus”
Source: No Greater Love Than This
“Climbing rose: A vigorous, flowering plant with an abundance of large blossoms whose heady, romantic scent stirs new love”
Source: The Memory Gardener
“Climbing steps to the 13th floor
standing tall barefoot
catching insults.
still I am limitless”
“Climbing the economic ladder has been very hard for me; I still feel a great deal of guilt towards those I left behind.”
“Climbing the highest mountains can be daunting, but it can also be a beautiful journey, as the horizons keep expanding, and you discover the silver lining.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World