Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch digging, mountain climbing, treadmill and childbirth.. But amusing Never.
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Sometimes we want to get away from the busy and hectic city life to find solace in the raging waves of the ocean pounding on the rocks or the turbulent splashing of a bubbling waterfall. At other times we are amazed by the immovable silence of a mountain or the gentle caress of a river overjoyed tat its union with the sea. The topography of a region speaks to each one of us a secret language that people from all facets of life understand and relate to.
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The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
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Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So.. Get on your way.
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The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
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He who ascends to mountain tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapp'd in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below.
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Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply To the day to day obstacles of life Facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, Testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, Discovering our own unique potentional.
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Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed. What kind of man would live where there is no daring And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure Is there a better way to die
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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
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I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perish'd in his pride. Of him who walk'd in glory and in joy, Following his plough along the mountain side.
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My country, 't is of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring.
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Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
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The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.
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A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't.
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After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.
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Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
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Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... All others are games.
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Last time I went skiing, I had to get up at 5: 00 in the morning.I knew I couldn't do that, so I slept with my skis on. My ridecame at 5: 30 in the morning, couldn't wake me up so he carriedme out of the house, put my skis on the roof rack of the car, and drove to the mountain. Seventeen miles later, I woke up outof this incredibly bizarre dream that I was skydivinghorizontally. I'm sure this has happened to you.
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Today is your day Your mountain is waiting. So.. Get on your way.
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Enough shovels of earth.a mountain. Enough pails of water.a river.
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In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.
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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.
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You never conquer a mountain. Mountains can't be conquered you conquer yourselfyour hopes, your fears.
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Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun.
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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.
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