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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 :-)




Motivational climbing quote 1:

"Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue." -- Giuseppe Garibaldi


Motivational climbing quote 2:

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. -- Ovid (BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet)


Motivational climbing quote 3:

"There are two kinds of climbers... smart ones and dead ones." -- Don Whillans.


Motivational climbing quote 4:

"There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?" -- Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)


Motivational climbing quote 5:

"A minute's success pays the failure of years." -- Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)



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