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Last updated on October 22, 2020 By Dave Briggs Leave a Comment

Best Mountain Quotes – 50 Inspiring Quotes About Mountains

50 of the best mountain quotes to inspire your next adventure in the great outdoors. Each mountain quote is sure to make you want to achieve new heights in life!

Best Mountain Quotes - 50 inspiring quotes about mountains

The Ultimate Collection of Quotes on Mountains

There's something very primal about being in the mountains.

That feeling of nature being all powerful, combined with the desire to climb as high as possible so as to experience unique views and feelings.

Cycling the mountains in Greece

Personally, I love cycling in the mountains even though it's challenging. Especially here in Greece!

That feeling of conquering a hard climb, taking time out to enjoy the view, and then gliding back down hill again on two wheels is unbeatable.

Truth be told, it makes me feel alive!

Whether you like to enjoy a good mountain view, want to conquer new heights, or like the feeling of downhill mountain biking, these inspirational mountain quotes are designed to make you step outdoors and start your next adventure! 

Top 50 Mountains Quotes List

  1. Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me.

–Bradley Chicho

Mountain Quotes: Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me.


2. Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

– George Bernard Shaw

Inspirational Mountain Quotes - Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.


3. There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they’re in the mountains, and all the rest.

– Alex Lowe

Best Mountain Quotes - There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they’re in the mountains, and all the rest.


4. Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.

– Samina Baig

Mountain life quotes - Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.


5. Mountains terrify me – they just sit about; they are so proud.

– Sylvia Plath

Mountain Travel Quotes - Mountains terrify me – they just sit about; they are so proud.



6. The mountains are a demanding, cold place, and they don’t allow for mistakes.

– Conrad Anker

Quotes for mountains - The mountains are a demanding, cold place, and they don’t allow for mistakes.


7. The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

– Robert M. Pirsig

Mountain View Quotes - The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.


8. In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

– Robert Green Ingersoll

Mountain quotes and sayings - In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.


9. You can’t move mountains by whispering at them.

– Pink

Caption for Mountains - You can’t move mountains by whispering at them.


10. As a professional climber, that’s the question you always get: Why, why, why? It’s an ineffable thing; you can’t describe it.

– Jimmy Chin

Mountain Adventure Quotes - As a professional climber, that’s the question you always get: Why, why, why? It’s an ineffable thing; you can’t describe it.


Best Mountain Quotes

In this next section of mountain travel quotes, you'll find some truly inspiring mountain sayings. Combined as they are with wonderful images of mountains and the Great Outdoors, you'll want to start your next journey today!

11. Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

– Edmund Hillary

Mountain climbing quotes - Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.


12. Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

– William Shakespeare

Short mountain quotes - Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.


13. Climbing is my art; I get so much joy and gratification from it.

– Jimmy Chin

Top of the mountain quotes - Climbing is my art; I get so much joy and gratification from it.


14. May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.

– Harley King

Mountain Captions - May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.


15. Over every mountain, there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

– Theodore Roethke

Mountaineering quotes: Over every mountain, there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.


16. It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Quotes about mountains - It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.


17. If you want to train for big mountain endeavors, spend time in big mountains.

– Jimmy Chin

Move Mountains Quotes - If you want to train for big mountain endeavors, spend time in big mountains.


18. When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

– Wilma Rudolph

Mountain love quotes: When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.


19. Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

– John Ruskin

Mountain captions for instagram - Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.


20. Stop staring at mountains. Climb them instead, yes, it’s a harder process but it will lead you to a better view.

Living in the mountains - Stop staring at mountains. Climb them instead, yes, it’s a harder process but it will lead you to a better view.


Inspirational Mountain Quotes

Each one of these next mountain climbing quotes will motivate you to start planning your next trek or climb. Which one of these mountaineering quotes is your favourite? Leave a comment at the end of this list of quotes!

21. I go to seek a great perhaps

– John Green

Mountain lover quotes - I go to seek a great perhaps


22. Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.

-William Blake

Go to the mountain - Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.


23. How wild it was, to let it be.

– Cheryl Strayed

Quotes about mountains and clouds - How wild it was, to let it be.


24. May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.

-Harley King

Mountain sayings - May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.


25. You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.

–John Muir

Mountain instagram captions: You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.


26. Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.

– Werner Herzog

Mountain Beauty Quotes - Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.


27. I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.

– Andrew Garfield

Conquer the mountains - I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.


28. The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.

– Jeanne Moreau

Cold mountain quotes - The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.


29. Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.

– Barry Finlay

Mountain hiking quotes - Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.


30. The best view comes after the hardest climb.

Funny mountain quotes- The best view comes after the hardest climb.


Best Mountain Travel Quotes

This collection of mountain captions is perfectly sized for your Pinterest boards. Just hover over each of these mountain life quotes, and you'll see the red pin appear. Then, just pin it to one of your outdoor travel boards!

31. Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

– Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary quotes - Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.


32. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

– T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot quotes - Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.


33. The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.

– Marianne Williamson

Captions about mountains - The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.


34. Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

― David McCullough Jr.

Mountaineering trekking quotes - Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.


35. Hike more. Worry Less.

Hiking quotes - Hike more. Worry Less.


36. Mountains are only a problem when they are bigger than you. You should develop yourself so much that you become bigger than the mountains you face.

― Idowu Koyenikan”

Quotes on hills and mountains - Mountains are only a problem when they are bigger than you. You should develop yourself so much that you become bigger than the mountains you face.


37. The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far.

— Paulo Coelho

Mountain trekking quotes - The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far.


38. The mountains are calling and I must go.

– John Muir

John Muir Mountain Quotes - The mountains are calling and I must go.


39. He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.

― Friedrich Neitszche

Beautiful mountain quotes - He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.


40. I like the mountains because they make me feel small,’ Jeff says. ‘They help me sort out what’s important in life.

Mountain phrases - I like the mountains because they make me feel small,’ Jeff says. ‘They help me sort out what’s important in life.


Motivational Mountain View Quotes

Have you found a mountain hiking quote that stands out the most yet? There's bound to be something that motivates and inspires you more than others!

41. Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was.

-Dag Hammerskjold

Instagram captions for mountains - Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was.


42. Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

– Greg Child

Quotes about mountain views - Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.


43. Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

Mountain slogans - Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.


44. Coffee, Mountains, Adventure.

Mountain and Adventure Quotes - Coffee, Mountains, Adventure.


45. You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!

-Dr. Seuss

Quotes about mountains and life - You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!

 


46. All good things are wild and free.

All good things are wild and free.


47. The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

– Casey Neistat

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.


48. There are far better things ahead than the ones we leave behind.

– C.S. Lewis

There are far better things ahead than the ones we leave behind.


Inspirational Quotes 

As an added bonus, here's a few more mountain quotes and inspiring sayings from famous people, adventurers, thinkers and well known personalities.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. – John Muir

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

It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains. – Danilo Dolci

You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. – René Daumal

So this was what a mountain was like, the same as a person: the more you know, the less you fear. – Wu Ming-Yi

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. – Steve Jobs

The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe, whither it is a slight insult to the gods to climb and pry into their secrets, and try their effect on our humanity. Only daring and insolent men, perchance, go there. – Henry David Thoreau

Pin this collection of Mountain Quotes

Use any of the captions and saying above, or the image below to pin to one of your Pinterest boards. That way, you'll start to create your own inspiring mountain travel quotes collection!

Best Mountain Quotes - 50 Inspiring Quotes About Mountains

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