Valleys Quotes

• Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

  Winston Churchill

  Leadership, Moving, Inspiration

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• Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

  Billy Graham

  Inspiration, Views, Fruit

  Billy Graham (2013). “Quotes from Billy Graham: A Legacy of Faith”, p.146, B&H Publishing Group

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• All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

  John Wooden

  Life Is, Lows, Peaks And Valleys

  Scott Howard's Installation Speech as President of Valley Beth Shalom, www.vbs.org. September 08, 2016.

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• One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Nature, Adversity, Mountain Peaks

  "The Hammer of God". Short story by G. K. Chesterton, December 1910.

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• I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Peace, One Day

  I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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• You go through life in a series of peaks and valleys.

  Gloria Grahame

  Peaks And Valleys, Series

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life.

  Dave Dravecky

  Inspirational, Real, Character

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• You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.

  Wayne Newton

  Soul, Growth, Mountain

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• Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Inspirational, Life, Hiking

  Farewell Remarks to White House Cabinet and Staff, delivered 9 August 1974

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• I love the Valley. There's no attitude.

  Jeremy London

  Attitude

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• Learn to deal with the valleys and the hills will take care of themselves.

  Count Basie

  Care, Hills, Deals

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• It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in movies. Hopefully when people think about the movie when they go home, they're like, "That's weird. He's maybe crazy. He's talking to a dog the whole time."

  Ti West

  Dog, Crazy, Home

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

  Khalil Gibran

  Friendship, Best Friend, Real Friends

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• Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better.

  Ruth Buzzi

  Life Lesson, Heart, Sometimes

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• There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Encouraging

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• Before climbing the summits, you must first walk in the down valleys!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Climbing, Firsts, Walks

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• As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

  Neil Young

  Life, Peaks And Valleys, Wells

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• Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Clever, Intelligent, Green

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 76e), 1980.

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• Look for the valleys, the green places, and fly through them. There will always be a way through.

  C. S. Lewis

  Looks, Green, Way

  C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen”, p.84, Harper Collins

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• Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places.

  Henry Beston

  Love, Sea, Earth

  Henry Beston (1956). “The Outermost House”

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• The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Helen Keller (1994). “Light in My Darkness”

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• Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Despair, I Have A Dream Speech

  I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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• Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Sports, Wise, Teacher

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• When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.

  Denis Waitley

  Positive, Views, Goal

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• Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Dream, Attitude, Fire

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.37, Thomas Nelson Inc

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