Sayings about Mountain
No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Mountains are used to snow. ~ Greek Proverbs
Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones. ~ Chinese Proverb
Faith will move mountains. ~ Traditional Proverb
Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain. ~ Irish Proverb
It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
A doorstep is the highest of all mountains. ~ Slovenian Proverbs
Water does not stick to the mountain, and vengeance does not stick to a big heart. ~ Chinese Proverb
In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain. ~ Kurdish Proverbs
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between. ~ Gaelic Proverb
The mountains are never so far apart but the animals find one another. ~ American Proverbs
The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold. ~ Danish Proverbs
Only the mountains never meet. ~ Namibian Proverbs
When the rain falls in the valley, the hill gets angry. ~ Yoruba Proverbs
No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows. ~ South African Proverb
Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders. ~ Russian Proverbs
Act so in the valley that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~ Danish Proverb
Try and trust will move mountains. ~ Traditional Proverb
You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone. ~ Indian Proverb
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain only then judge his height. ~ Indian Proverb
Behind every mountain lies a valley. ~ Dutch Proverbs
If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain. ~ Chinese Proverb
Beyond the mountain is another mountain. ~ Haitian Proverbs
Low is the mountain, high the expectations. ~ Malawian Proverb
In the valley where there are no tigers the hare is king. ~ Korean Proverb
Love is like fog — there is no mountain on which it does not rest. ~ Hawaiian Proverb
It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded. ~ African Proverb
Too many hands will row the boat up a mountain. ~ Japanese Proverb
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds. ~ Chinese Proverb
You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain. ~ Chinese Proverb
The goodness of the father reaches higher than a mountain; that of the mother goes deeper than the ocean. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Mountain does not meet mountain, but a face meets another face. ~ Maltese Proverb
Sit atop the mountain and watch the tigers fight. ~ Chinese Proverb
Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never. ~ Chinese Proverb
A day-old pigeon cannot fly over a mountain pass. ~ Korean Proverbs
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives. ~ Chinese Proverb
There are many paths up the mountain, but the view from the top is always the same. ~ Chinese Proverb
For our sins God has created three enemies for us: mice in the house, the fox in the mountains, and a priest in our village. ~ South American Proverb
One night with an ugly woman and one day in the mountains both are like an eternity. ~ Turkish Proverb
A girl without a mother is like a mountain with no paths; a girl without a father is like a mountain with no streams. ~ Kurdish Proverb
Enough shovels of earth — a mountain. Enough pails of water — a river. ~ Chinese Proverb
A blow to another’s purse is like a blow to a mountain of sand. ~ Egyptian Proverb
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his height. ~ Hindu Proverb
The mountains make the mist and the valleys must consume them. ~ German Proverbs
The higher the mountain the lower the valley, the taller the tree the harder the fall. ~ Dutch Proverb
A warrior dies in battle; a mountain climber on the rocks, but a farmer dies of old age. ~ New Zealander Proverb
If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not. ~ Islamic Proverb
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. ~ Traditional Proverb
When you drink water, remember where the mountain spring is. ~ Chinese Proverb
Quotations about Mountains
Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills. ~ William A. Ward
Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, “How will I get off?” ~ Joan Manley
I’m in my prime. There’s no goal too far, no mountain too high. ~ Wilma Rudolph
Champions know there are no shortcuts to the top. They climb the mountain one step at a time. They have no use for helicopters! ~ Judi Adler
I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Our way is not soft grass; it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun. ~ Dr. Ruth Westheimer
For every mountain there is a miracle. ~ Robert H. Schuller
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. ~ Al Neuharth
Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. ~ Dag Hammarskjold
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. ~ John Lubbock
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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
We’ve climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it’s a valley of peace. ~ George W. Bush
Mountain! Get out of my way! ~ Montel Williams
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ~ William Faulkner
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. ~ Theodore Roethke
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~ Edmund Hillary