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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:

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes.


Motivational climbing quote 2:

"For me, and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the overpowering desire to escape periodically from the clutches of a mechanistic civilization. To us the enjoyment of solitude, complete independence, and the beauty of undefined panoramas is absolutely essential to happiness." -- Bob Marshall


Motivational climbing quote 3:

"Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun." -- Ruth Westheimer


Motivational climbing quote 4:

"You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play." -- Warren Beatty (1937 - )


Motivational climbing quote 5:

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." -- George Burns.



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