“Whoever gets himself elected President in 2010 will have a steep mountain to climb.”

“To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”

“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!”

“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.”

“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.”

“She was a girl with a mountain to climb.”

“Climb the steep Cold Mountain way
Roads to Cold Mountain are many and never ending
The valleys are long and deep, the peaks piled high
The streams are wide, the grass is thick
The moss is slippery though there is no rain
The pines sigh though there is no wind
Who can escape the snares of the world
And come to sit with me among the white clouds?”

“It was always worth everything to get away by himself, climb a bit, and study the heavens.”

“There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.”

“It's not a hill it's a mountain, as you start out the climb”