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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:

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together." -- Carl Zwanzig.


Motivational climbing quote 2:

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." -- John Muir, Our National Parks, 1901


Motivational climbing quote 3:

"Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered." -- Daniel Webster


Motivational climbing quote 4:

"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was." -- Dag Hammarskjold


Motivational climbing quote 5:

"Mountain climbing is extended periods of intense boredom, interrupted by occasional moments of sheer terror."



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