International Mountain Day Quotes

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

“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary

“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay

“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” – Ed Viesturs

“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” – Greg Child

“I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.” – Brian Andreas

“Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” – Richard M Nixon

“Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir

“You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves.” – Lito Tejada-Flores

This picture was submitted by Smita Haldankar.