Top 20 Mountain Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Nature Quotes

2. “The mountains are calling and I must go.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Positive Short Quotes, Passion Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Nature Quotes, Adventure Quotes

3. “Going to the mountains is going home.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Nature Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Destination Quotes

4. “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 away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Environment Quotes, Peace Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Nature Quotes, Beauty Quotes

5. “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

Also featured in: Environment Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Quotes About Heart, Nature Quotes, Travel Quotes

6. “One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Nature Quotes, Travel Quotes

7. “As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Environment Quotes, Quotes About Heart, Nature Quotes

8. “Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Nature Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Climbing Quotes

9. “How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Aesthetic Quotes, Nature Quotes, Beautiful Good Morning Quotes, Sun Quotes

10. “Kid, you’ll move mountains.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

11. “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Nature Quotes, Work-Life Balance Quotes

12. “Why climb Mount Everest? Because it’s there.”

— George Leigh Mallory

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Clever Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Climbing Quotes

13. “Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Future Quotes, Quotes About Hope

14. “I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Environment Quotes, Adventure Quotes

15. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”

— Barry Finlay

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Path Quotes, Adventure Quotes

16. “If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Gym Motivation Quotes

17. “I didn’t go up there to die. I went up there to live.”

— Reinhold Messner

Also featured in: Survival Quotes, Climbing Quotes

18. “Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top.”

— Edmund Hillary

Also featured in: Strong Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes, Climbing Quotes

19. “How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”

— Yvon Chouinard

Also featured in: Climbing Quotes

20. “You don’t climb mountains without a team, you don’t climb mountains without being fit, you don’t climb mountains without being prepared and you don’t climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident – it has to be intentional.”

— Mark Udall

Also featured in: Climbing Quotes