Entrepreneurs are the modern day explorers. They chart new territory, blaze trails and take risks in order to create something new. And like any great explorer, entrepreneurs need a few good quotes to keep them going when the journey gets tough. Here is a compilation of some of the best climb quotes for entrepreneurs.

The best climb quotes

1. Basically, dating is like climbing a volcano and you never know when it’s going to erupt, dumping molten lava and burning you — Robin Bielman

2. You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. — Zig Ziglar

3. Love is an uphill climb, but once you know yourself and like yourself just as you are, it’s all downhill from there. — Valerie Frankel, The Girlfriend Curse

4. It is okay to climb as long as you are not afraid, because being afraid is what made you fall — Susan Hill, I’m the King of the Castle

5. In the month of red leaves I climb to a bed of fire. — Sylvia Plath

6. Trees do not require you to make certain sounds to be understood. They are simply present and ready for you to climb at any time. Trees are easier. — Ned Hayes

7. May you find your Tower, Roland, and breach it, and may you climb to the top! — Stephen King

8. What I love most about reading: It gives you the ability to reach higher ground. And keep climbing. — Oprah Winfrey

9. Don’t try moving mountains God ordained you to climb. — Matshona Dhliwayo

10. I don’t like talking about climbing that much. You don’t have to discuss; just do it. — Ueli Steck

11. May you find your Tower, Roland, and breach it, and may you climb to the top! — Stephen King

12. Climbing mountains is strength — moving mountains is faith.

13. This kiss was better than any climb or bungee jump or zip line. Better than any other kiss. Damn him. — Robin Bielman

14. You could climb to the top of the world and jump into the deepest of ravines, but if you don’t have someone to share it with you’ll always be looking back. — Saim Cheeda

15. How easy it is to slip.How hard it is to climb.How wise it is to keep in stepAnd never fall behind. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

16. In wine was truth, perhaps, but in whisky, the way Hoffman sluiced it down, was an army of imaginary rats climbing your legs. — Ross Macdonald, The Chill

17. I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions. — Zora Neale Hurston

18. Annapurna was a special situation. It was a lifetime dream to finish that route. When I started climbing the South Face, I really expected not to come back alive. — Ueli Steck

19. I’m always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I’ll build a new one. — Sylvester Stallone

20. He traveled the lowland and climbed the mountains — and drank from the flowing stream.

21. If you don’t have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life. — Sylvester Stallone

22. The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque. — Sai Baba

23. It isn’t the mountains to climb that wear you out; It’s the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali

24. Even thought our problems had driven us up there, it was as if they had somehow, like Daleks, been unable to climb the stairs. — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down

25. He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round. — Walter Scott

26. Never climb the tree with the reason of plucking a fruit — only to get there and pick a leaf. Let everything you get there to do be done and let it be done well!

27. Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker. — Seamus Heaney

28. Whoever tries to climb over our fence, we will try to climb over his house. — Saddam Hussein

29. In order for you to become empowered by the eagle, you must climb that cliff, find the egg, crack open one of them, and then eat the yolk. — Nacho Libre

30. As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I’ve never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort. — Rachel Weisz

31. We climbed the stairs to the third floor, where Osama bin Laden died early in the morning of May 2, 2011. — Peter L. Bergen

32. I was so sad that day. My heart was trying to climb from my body. — Michelle Tea, Valencia

33. Climbing mountains is strength — moving mountains is faith.

34. Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; And death was safety and great joy to find; But dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven. — Michelangelo

35. Cut your big mountain into smaller hills, and then start to climb. Before you know it, you’re done! — Miranda A. Uyeh

36. Sometimes people just need thunderbolts. Thunderbolts to climb like stairs. Sometimes people just need a talisman. A promise in the lectern of their hands. — Matt Ferrara, An Ocean of Maybe

37. You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. — Zig Ziglar

38. That’s how he saw climbing, a physical exercise in positive and negative space. The vast expanse of white drawing the small, person–shaped speck into sharp relief. — Victoria Schwab, Warm Up

39. He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance — one cannot fly into flying.

40. I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life. — Yayoi Kusama

41. I could tell he was just as scared to love as I, But we still both carelessly climbed into eachothers arms and before we knew it, love had found us. — Nikki Rowe

42. Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success. — Roy T. Bennett

43. [ilse] was suffering so keenly that she wanted to arraign the universe at the bar of her pain. — L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs

44. Jimmy Murray, you are an ass, ‘ said Aunt Ruth, angrily.’Well, we’re cousins, ‘ agreed Cousin Jimmy pleasantly. — L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs

45. Success is likened to a deep pit, you have to jump in to get it, then you’ll need a ladder of grace to climb out to enjoy it. — Michael Bassey Johnson

46. He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. — Walter Scott

47. Keep climbing — your fruits are on the top!

48. Mountains are like Challenges… I climb upon them and then face them .. — Sagar Gosavi

49. Oh Lord of melons, of mercy, though I am not ready, nor worthy, I am climbing towards you. — Mary Oliver

50. Feel yourself climbing the mountain. — A.D. Posey

Conclusion

We hope these quotes have inspired you to never give up on your dreams and to keep on climbing. No matter what obstacles stand in your way, you have the power to reach the top. If you’re feeling unmotivated and discouraged, remember these words of wisdom and keep your head up. Keep climbing, keep dreaming, and stay focused on the ultimate goal.