It’s a big, wide world of entrepreneurship out there. You’re never too old or too young to start your own business. And in order to succeed, you need to be resilient, persistent and always learning. Luckily, there are plenty of quotes about climbing that can help inspire you on your journey.

The best climbing quotes

1. The higher you climb, the more Satan will take notice. Keep climbing! Heaven’s gate has a lock. — Shannon L. Alder

2. In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees — Philip Roth, The Ghost Writer

3. I am climbing a difficult road but the glory gives me strength. — Sextus Propertius

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

5. Don’t show your inferiority by climbing a stunted tree, show your superiority by climbing the longest and crooked one. — Michael Bassey Johnson

6. Standing alone, walking my own path. Rearranging my thoughts. Pushing worries away. Climbing out of the fog, towards freedom of mind. — TinaJ. Richardson

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

8. She would have got a gold medal in social climbing if it was an Olympic sport — Marlene Perez

9. When mountain–climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air. — D.T. Suzuki, The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk

10. It’s easy when you’re climbing something. Don’t look down, or even too far ahead. Focus on where you are in that moment. — Sheba Karim, That Thing We Call a Heart

11. 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

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

13. Climbing towards fame, recognition and popularity is very much pleasant; but all its sweetness does not count even for a day of going down. — M.F. Moonzajer

14. You’ll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you’ll never stop climbing. — Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

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

16. Success is climbing all the way up failure’s steep ladder. — Matshona Dhliwayo

17. To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow. — Maya Angelou

18. Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy — Robert Green Ingersoll

19. I’m not Hans Christian Andersen. Nobody’s gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won’t have it, okay? — Maurice Sendak

20. We’re all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose. — Octavia Butler

21. You’ll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you’ll never stop climbing. — Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

22. I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. — Xunzi

23. Climbing your personal Everest, do your best to make sure it won’t end up being your Calvary. — Sahara Sanders

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

25. I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. — Xunzi

26. There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it. — Mark Twain

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

28. In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees — Philip Roth, The Ghost Writer

29. To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow. — Maya Angelou

30. It is the conquest of this fear that adds half the charm to climbing. — Whipplesnaith

31. There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say ‘be yourself’ since you do not know yourself. Just be. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

32. There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say ‘be yourself’ since you do not know yourself. Just be. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

33. There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it. — Mark Twain

34. For the time being–’He emphasized each word. ‘I’ll be the only one climbing through your window. — Piper Shelly, Play With Me

35. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women. — Samina Baig

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

37. Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy — Robert Green Ingersoll

38. It’s easy when you’re climbing something. Don’t look down, or even too far ahead. Focus on where you are in that moment. — Sheba Karim, That Thing We Call a Heart

39. I was climbing high, high up Pen Dinas Head among the sparkling yellow gorse, sea birds and white heather, with the oily sheep huddled together against the wind — Suzy Davies, Johari’s Window

40. The right thoughts of the clever man are a ladder which takes you higher places. By climbing these ladders, one day you yourself become such a ladder itself! — Mehmet Murat ildan

41. After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. — Nelson Mandela

42. You’ll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you’ll never stop climbing. — Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

43. Right now, I’m just focused on the 8, 000–meter peaks. I don’t know what’s next. I don’t think I will get tired of climbing. — Ueli Steck

44. The greatest cause of ulcers is mountain–climbing over molehills. — Maxwell Maltz

45. Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God. — Martin Luther

46. It’s the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. — Robert Lipsyte, The Contender

47. It’s the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. — Robert Lipsyte, The Contender

48. It’s the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. — Robert Lipsyte, The Contender

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

50. Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy — Robert Green Ingersoll

Conclusion

Climbing can be a daunting challenge, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. These inspirational quotes about climbing are here to remind us of the incredible power of pushing ourselves beyond our comfort zone and achieving the impossible. No matter what kind of climbing you do, these quotes will remind you of the importance of never giving up, and that the most important part of climbing is the journey.