50 Inspirational Quotes to Ignite Your Adventurous Spirit

"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal."

- Paulo Coelho

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

- Helen Keller

"Not all who wander are lost."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Sir Edmund Hillary

"Adventure is not outside man; it is within."

- George Eliot

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams."

- Oprah Winfrey

"The greatest adventure is what lies ahead."

- JRR Tolkien

"Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion."

- Anatoli Boukreev

"Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous."

- Reinhold Messner

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

- Andrew Garfield

"May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits."

- Harley King

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet."

- William Blake

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."

- Sir Ranulph Fiennes

"If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans."

- Loren Eiseley

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak."

- Sir Leslie Stephen

"Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb."

- Greg Child

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."

- Christopher McCandless

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."

- John Muir

"Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was."

- Dag Hammerskjold

"The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure."

- Christopher McCandless

"I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers."

- Hans Christian Andersen

"Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all."

- Helen Keller

"The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give."

- William Arthur Ward

"Life is a great adventure, or it is nothing."

- John Dewey

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

- Anthony Robbins

"Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever."

- Peter Hagerty

"Life is an adventure, not a destination."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Life is an adventure in forgiveness."

- Norman Cousins

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."

- John Muir

"To adventure is to find yourself whole."

- Tom Robbins

"I go to the mountains to find peace and solitude. It's where I feel closest to the Creator."

- T.D. Jakes

"The mountains are calling, and I must go."

- John Muir

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

- Mark Twain

"Not all those who wander are lost."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!""

- Hunter S. Thompson

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The mountains are calling and I must go."

- John Muir

"If you only do what others have already done, you will only feel what others have already felt. However, if you choose to achieve something that no one has ever done, then you will have a satisfaction that no one else has ever had."

- Edmund Hillary

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

- Helen Keller

"The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain he is inspired by it."

- William Arthur Ward

"Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain."

- Jack Kerouac

"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it’s lethal"

- Paulo Coelho

"Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing."

- Barry Finlay

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

- Andre Gide

"Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."

- Miriam Beard

"Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown."

- Anthony Bourdain

"A person susceptible to ‘wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation."

- Pico Iyer

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do then by the ones you did do."

- Mark Twain

"If you see yourself as trying to beat the mountain, eventually the mountain will win. You don't conquer mountains, you cooperate with them."

- Stacy Allison

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

- Lao Tzu

"Adventure is worthwhile."

- Aesop

"Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world."

- Mark Jenkins

"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."

- Martin Buber

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered."

- G.K. Chesterton

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

- Amelia Earhart

"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."

- St. Augustine of Hippo

"To travel is to live."

- Hans Christian Andersen

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

- Marcel Proust

"Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life."

- John Muir

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The world begins where the road ends."

- Eddie Vedder

"The great affair is to move."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."

- Jawaharial Nehru

"Into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul."

- John Muir

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."

- Mark Twain

"Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better."

- Albert Einstein

"Dreams are not made to put us to sleep, but to awaken us."

- Ed Viesturs

"The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Each day brings new possibilities for exploration and discovery."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it."

- John Steinbeck

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

- Henry David Thoreau

"The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have."

- Reinhold Messner

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see."

- G.K. Chesterton

"The sun shines not on us but in us."

- John Muir

"The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes."

- George Sand

"Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul."

- Jamie Lyn Beatty

"The more I travel, the more humble I feel about what is out there still to find."

- Zoe DeBlasio

"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."

- Juvenal

"To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!"

- Captain Kirk

"If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul."

- Drew Barrymore

"Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; you have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits."

- Cindy Ross

"There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games."

- Earnest Hemingway

"Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures."

- Lovelle Drachman

"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."

- Gustav Flaubert

"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone."

- The Dhammapada

"You don’t want to be victimized by your lesser talents."

- Gary Snyder

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."

- Willa Cather

"Take only memories, leave only footprints."

- Chief Seattle

"Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it."

- Harry Middleton

"Camping is not a date; it's an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home."

- Yvonne Prinz

"The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories."

- Og Mandino

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."

- Robert Frost

"The best thing you can do for the planet is to stay home."

- Gary Snyder

"Hiking’s not for everyone. Notice the wilderness is mostly empty."

- Sonja Yoerg

"We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us."

- Anonymous

"Adventure awaits."

- Hello Kitty

"Adventure is out there."

- Up

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

"When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee."

"Life is an adventure that’s meant to be explored, so go and make some memories!"

"Adventure awaits those willing to take a chance and live life to its fullest."

"Sometimes the greatest adventures are the ones you never expected."

"It's not the destination, it's the journey that counts."

"An adventure is simply a well planned trip gone awry."

"Life is an adventure, so let's make the most of it!"

"You can discover more in an hour of play than you can in a lifetime of conversation."

"Explore the world with wonder and curiosity."

"The world is full of possibilities."

"Be brave and take risks."

"Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain."

"Adventure is calling, and I must go!"

"Life is too short to not have adventures."

"Every day is an adventure!"

"Let's go on an adventure!"

"Adventure awaits!"

"I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world."

"It doesn’t matter where you are going. It matters who is beside you."

"When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top."

"Mountains are only a problem when they are bigger than your spirit."

"Life is like a mountain, hard to climb, but worth the amazing view from the top."

"The best view comes after the hardest climb."

"Life is a grand adventure. Go out and explore!"

"Adventure is a way of life."

"Life is an adventure, and it's yours to make the most of."

"Life is an adventure, and it’s more fun to take the scenic route!"

"Time spent adventuring with your family is time well spent!"

"Adventure is out there – explore it with your family!"

"Family adventures are a great way to make lifelong memories and show your kids the importance of exploration and discovery."

"A family that travels together creates bonds that will last forever!"

"The greatest adventures are the ones that take us on an exciting journey within ourselves."

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go."

"The best adventures often begin with a single step outside of the comfort zone."

"Travel as much as you can, as far as you can, as long as you can. Life’s not meant to be lived in one place."

"If you want to explore a new path, make your own and blaze it with courage and determination."

"Adventure calls on us to be brave and to pursue our dreams. It gives us the strength to look life in the eye, no matter what it may bring. Adventure helps us discover who we really are and how strong we can be."

"Adventure is the bridge between dreams and reality. When we walk across that bridge, we can explore the unknown and uncover hidden wonders."

"Adventure doesn’t come to you, you have to go out and find it."

"The world is filled with adventure — all you have to do is find it."

"Life is short, make every day an adventure."

"Escape the ordinary."

"Life is a grand adventure. Go live it."

"Life is a journey, make the most of it."

"The world is yours to explore."

"Go where you feel most alive."