Quotes about Adventure
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.
— Henry David Thoreau
Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.
— Henry David Thoreau
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
— Henry David Thoreau
Domesticated males aren't much use for adventure.
— Jim Elliot
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
— Dag Hammarskjold
Who knows what exciting things might be just over the next hill.
— Janette Oke
My wife once said that one of her great ambitions was to walk down the streets of Hong Kong with her children. So we all went to Asia on one occasion. Then she said she'd like to walk down the streets of Jerusalem with her children. So we arranged our family finances and all went to Jerusalem.
— Gordon Hinckley
There are many people who will stay in negative situation because it is familiar, rather than go where there is promise of something good, because that would be something unfamiliar
— Stormie Omartian
I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
— Edmund Hillary
You have become acquainted with the characters. You have joined them in the imaginary world wherein they dwell, consented to the laws of their society, breathed its air, tasted its food, traveled its highways. Now you must follow them through their adventures.
— Mortimer Adler
Dear God,' I said inside myself, 'when I came here, maybe I was partly running off from home for fun and freedom and adventure. But I have a notion that You had something else in mind in letting me come. Anyway if You can use me here in this Cove, well, here I am.
— Catherine Marshall
What do you say to taking chances?
— Celine Dion