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Quotes
Wise
words
for
hard
moments...
Sometimes
you
have
no
clue
how
to
continue,
whether
on
a
steep
mountain,
in
your
armchair
or
behind
your
desk.
But
the
7summits.com
quotes
come
to
the
rescue!
We
have
collected
a
bunch
of
motivating,
humorous
and
serious
qoutes
from
famous
and
not
so
famous
people.
Most
of
them
relate
to
mountaineering
in
one
way
or
another
although
even
we
don't
always
see
the
connection
:-)
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Motivational climbing quote 1:
"Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength." -- John Ruskin 1819-1900, British Critic, Social Theorist
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Motivational climbing quote 2:
"We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere - your ideal of what you long to attain - the ideal of health, efficiency, success." -- Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924)
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Motivational climbing quote 3:
"Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal. Large codes of fraud and woe; not understood by all, but which the wise, and great, and good interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822, British Poet
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Motivational climbing quote 4:
"Love a climber, they use protection." -- Bumper sticker.
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Motivational climbing quote 5:
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page." --Saint Augustine
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