Quotes about Adventure

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.

Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare.

I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night, and the satisfaction that the constant flicker of men and women and machines gives to the restless eye.

The only way you're going to reach places you've never gone is if you trust God's direction to do things you've never done.

You must walk on water, especially if you don't know how to swim.

A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Our problem is to become acquainted with our own selves, letting our personalities loose upon the world for the sheer adventure of their full development and in the positive hope that they may in their own way lift the level of humanity.

Once when Stonewall Jackson planned a daring attack, one of his generals fearfully objected, saying, "I am afraid of this" or "I fear that …" Putting his hand on his timorous subordinate's shoulder, Jackson said, "General, never take counsel of your fears.

Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

Books, for me, have always been a way to escape. They were my path to personal freedom. I actually learned to read at the age of three, and once I did, I quickly learned that there was a whole world beyond my grandmother's farm in Mississippi.