Anya Seton Quotes

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

There are many paths up the Mountain, but the view of the moon from the top is the same.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same when you get there.

Stay positive but stay focused. Sometimes things can distract you and you don't want to be distracted on the journey to that mountain top.

Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

When you stand at the bottom of the mountain and look up at the mountaintop, the path looks hard and stony, and the top is obscured by clouds. But when you reach the top and you look down, you realize that there are a thousand paths that could have brought you to that place.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

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

I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain.

The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain.

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

There's a purity to the struggle to reach a peak. You leave your world behind and take only what you need. For a creature like me there is nothing closer to redemption.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Know how to get close to it: mountains are often seen from far off - beautiful, interesting, full of challenges. But what happens when we try to draw closer? Roads run all around them, flowers grow between you and your objective, what seemed so clear on the map is tough in real life. So try all the paths and all the tracks until eventually one day you're standing in front of the top that you yearn to reach.

The journey towards the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don't fool yourself: the moment will come where what seemed to be close to you is in fact still very far away.

A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty.

It's not where you start but where you finish that counts.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

What a joy it is that the road ahead is an uphill climb. For where it leads is all the way to the top.

The thing about mountains is that you have to keep on climbing them, and that it's always hard, but there's a view from top every time when you finally get there.

The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.