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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:
"Courage is grace under pressure." -- Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961).
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Motivational climbing quote 2:
"As a member of an escorted tour, you don't even have to know the Matterhorn isn't a tuba." -- Temple Fielding.
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Motivational climbing quote 3:
"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 4:
"Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him... When the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, 'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill'." -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher. Often misquoted as 'If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain'.
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Motivational climbing quote 5:
"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy" -- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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