#mountain

Our American story, for generations, is of a people who seek to move forward. A people who look at a mountain and worry not about the tough climb ahead, but dream about the view from the summit. ↗

— Bill Owens

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You can't move mountains by whispering at them. ↗

— Pink

#move #them #whispering #you

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#goal #life #live #mountain #shallow

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

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Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow. ↗

— Herb Ritts

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Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. ↗

— Theodore Roethke

#every #may #mountain #over #path

For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources. ↗

— James Rollins

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We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that which is before us. ↗

— Ruth St. Denis

#fail #heights #mountains #out #recognize

Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

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I learn something every time I go into the mountains. ↗

— Michael Kennedy

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