It may sound silly, but I love adventure quotes. Yeah, I’ve been to dozens of places, I’ve seen the good and bad sides of traveling, and I’m not supposed to get excited by words alone, but still, I am.
Traveling is not an easy task. a lot of times, you just feel down and lonely and wonder if it’s really worth it (spoiler alert, yes it is). reading adventure quotes has always helped me in those times. It’s strange how a few words can completely change your mood and allow you to see things from another perspective.
Reading: Adventure sayings
This is why I decided to share my favorite adventure quotes with you. maybe you need that extra push to book your one-way ticket, or maybe you’re already on the road, tired and beaten. Even if you just need an instagram/facebook screenshot for that great photo you just took, I’m pretty sure one from my collection would be just what you need right now.
famous adventure quotes
1. “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than direct exposure. life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”― helen keller
2. “adventure is worth it in itself.”― amelia earhart
3. “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”“I don’t much care where -”“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”― Lewis Carroll
4. “if we had to stay in one place, we would have roots instead of feet.”― rachel wolchin
5. “the danger of adventure is worth more than a thousand days of tranquility and comfort.”― paulo coelho
6. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”― Andre Gide
7. “travel is fatal to prejudice, intolerance, and narrow-mindedness.”― mark twain
Mark Twain is an excellent source for not only adventure quotes, but also all kinds of wisdom. the man was simply ahead of his time. this particular quote is as valid today as it was 150 years ago. maybe even more. As you begin to explore the world, you begin to understand that “those people” do not exist. everything is “us”. yes, there may be slight cultural differences, but in essence, all people are the same.
8. “Because you are leaving? so you can come back. so you can see where you came from with new eyes and additional colors. and the people there also see you differently. going back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”— terry pratchet
9. “Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”― J.K. Rowling
10. “It’s a dangerous business, frodo, walking out your door. you get on the road and if you don’t stay on your feet, you don’t know where they can take you.”— bilbo baggins
11. “adventure can hurt you, but monotony will kill you.”— marcus purvis
12. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”— Ibn Battuta
13. “to travel is to live”— hans christian andersen
14. “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.”― Jaime Lyn
15. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”― Lao Tzu
This is one of the oldest quotes in existence. it is not surprising since his wisdom is eternal. The Chinese motivational proverb teaches us that no matter how difficult or impossible something is, if we take the initiative, if we take that first step, the rest of the adventure falls into place. All great adventures start with simple principles.
16. “Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.”― unknown
17. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I intended to be.”— douglas adams
18. “cover the earth before it covers you.”— dagobert runes
19. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.”— John Steinbeck
20. “And to the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”— john muir
Short Adventure Quotes
21. “the journey matters more than the destination.”― tony fahkry
An adventure quote doesn’t have to be long to have meaning. this may only be seven words long, but it shows you the basis of each journey. no matter which destination you choose, no matter how impressive your landmarks are, how your journey unfolds will determine whether you like it or not. the most boring country may be your best trip, while the most exciting could be your worst. and no matter whether his journey was successful or not, now he has changed. and this change stays with you for life.
22. “so shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t regret it.”— jack kerouac
23. “all good things are wild and free.”― henry david thoreau
24. “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.”— Bob Bitchin
25. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”— anais nin
26. “never fear fights, but look for dangerous adventures.”― alexandre dumas
27. “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.”― George Eliot
28. “there is no certainty; there is only adventure.”― roberto assagioli
29. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.”— Navjot Singh Sidhu
30. “It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.”― sir edmund hillary
a classic adventure quote. This one may sound a bit cliche, but many people don’t realize this until it’s too late. every mountain, every ride, every action that takes us out of our comfort zone is a terrifying adventure. but the adventure itself is not the scary part. the terrifying part is within us. that inner voice within you that demands to remain in the known and safe place in which you are now. when you conquer that inner voice, you have conquered the mountain.
31. “sometimes getting lost is not a waste of time.”― unknown
32. “I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable.”― Carew Papritz
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33. “It’s rude to keep an adventure waiting.”— unknown
34. “oh, the places you’ll go.”— dr. seuss
35. “Go where you feel most alive.”— Unknown
36. “Live your life with a compass, not a clock.”— stephen covey
37. “Blessed are the curious for they will have adventures.”— Lovelle Dracman
38. “it feels good to be lost in the right direction.”— unknown
39. “Life without adventure is like pizza without cheese.”— The Global Castaway
40. “if you travel far enough, you find yourself.”— david mitchell
one of my favorite adventure quotes! traveling is more than a physical trip to see some landmarks and post some photos on instagram. every journey you take is also an inner journey in which you learn more about yourself. changing basically everything around you would plunge you into another world with its own wonders. The more words you explore, the greater the chance of finding out who you really are!
the rest of my adventure quotes collection
41. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a nice, well-preserved body, but rather skidding sideways in a cloud of smoke, completely exhausted, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming” wow! ! what a ride!”— hunter s. thompson
42. “The happiest moment in human life is to set out for unknown lands.”— sir richard burton
43. “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I prefer to say hello. hello to a new adventure.”― ernie harwell
44. “The greatest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”― oprah winfrey
45. “If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.”― Patrick Rothfuss
46. “Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to stumble over the cracks in the world.”— seanan mcguire
47. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.”— Ewan McGregor
48. “It is never too late to be who you might have been.”— George Eliot
george eliot was the pseudonym of author mary anne evans, who began her writing career at the age of 37 (quite old for the Victorian era). she used a man’s name so her books could be taken seriously, and she definitely succeeded.
His words give us the motivation to ignore the excuse of age and move on. if mary anne evans can become a successful “male” writer after her best years are past, what’s our excuse?
49. “A ship is safe in port, but that is not what ships are built for.”— john g. shed
50. “One way to make the most of life is to consider it an adventure.”— william feather
51. “The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”— W.M. Lewis
52. “Adventures don’t come calling like unexpected cousins calling from out of town. you have to go find them.”― unknown
53. “There has always been an adventure just around the corner… and the world is still full of corners.”― roy chapman andrews
54. “In every walk with nature, you receive much more than you seek.”― john muir
55. “every day is an adventure, and no two days are the same.”― scott borchetta
56. “Be careful going in search of adventure – it’s ridiculously easy to find.”― William Least Heat-Moon
57. “The basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” ― christopher mccandless
58. “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and therefore there is no greater joy than having a constantly changing horizon, so that each day has a new and different sun.”— christopher mccandless
59. “Life is full of adventures. there is no such thing as a clear path.”― guy laliberte
60. “Children are curious, and if you don’t lose that, then everything is an adventure.”― diane greene
61. “no no! adventures first, explanations take terrible time.”— lewis carroll
62. “Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.”― Danny Kaye
As far as adventure dates go, this isn’t the most adventurous. it’s on my list because I love the metaphor here. try to imagine your life as a canvas. really, close your eyes and imagine it. staying in the same place, doing what everyone expects you to do, would only give you one color to paint: gray. his painting would be like a million other images. get out of your comfort zone, get more colors, make your life painting as different and colorful as possible. make sure that when your time comes, you’ll be proud of your masterpiece!
63. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― Aristophanes
64. “I feel very adventurous. there are so many doors to open, and i’m not afraid to look behind them.”— elizabeth taylor
65. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and has no intention of arriving.”― lao tzu
66. “A traveler is really not someone who crosses ground so much as someone who is always hungry for the next challenge and adventure.”― Pico Iyer
67. “There are 30,000 days in your life. when I was 24 years old, I realized that I had almost 9,000 days less. there are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, and no reset buttons. Your greatest risk is not failure. it’s getting too comfortable. Every day, we are writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure, and that made all the difference.”— drew houston
68. “until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.”— roy t. bennett
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69. “I travel because I’d rather look back at my life, saying ‘I can’t believe I did that’ instead of ‘if only I had’.”― Florine Bos
70. “Then I realized that in order to be more alive, I had to be less afraid. So I did it, I lost my fear and I won my whole life.”― unknown
71. “Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure.”― Drew Houston
another one of my favorite adventure quotes! In today’s busy world, it’s very easy to get caught up in the rat race. grinding your way up the ladder with the sole assumption that once you reach a certain level of wealth, your life would be perfect. well, life is never perfect, and the scale of rat raving never ends. Drew Houston’s wise words make us reevaluate the life we are living and what is really important.
72. go out to the forest, go out. if you don’t go out into the woods, nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.”—clarissa pinkola estes
73. “The true journey of discovery does not consist in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”— marcel proust
74. “may their adventures bring them closer together, even if they take them far from home.”― trenton lee stewart
75. “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!”—Dr. Seuss
76. “All the tops of the mountains are within your reach if you keep climbing.”― barry finlay
77. “There’s only one place I want to go, and that’s all the places I’ve never been.”― nikki rowe
78. “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”— Ernest Hemingway
79. “when you see someone putting on their big boots, you can be pretty sure an adventure is going to happen.”— a.a. milne
80. “Two roads diverged in a forest, and I took the one less traveled by.”— robert frost
81. “There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”― Jawaharlal Nehru
82. “If happiness is the goal, and it should be, then adventures should be a top priority.”― richard branson
83. “You are not in the mountains. the mountains are in you.”— john muir
84. “The world is not in your books and maps; it’s out there.”— Gandalf
what better source for adventure quotes than gandalf! I mean, the guy lived for hundreds of years, fought orcs and demons, and even died once. and you are not wrong here. you can read everything about a destination, know every street, every house and every landmark, but you would never know it this way. get up early, walk through the empty streets, taste the air, feel the essence. As good as the books are, to see the world, you need to put them down and get out!
85. “The movies of life are pretty fast paced, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss them.”— ferris bueller
86. “I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.”— Sylvia Plath
87 “climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to accept the challenge, enjoy the air and contemplate the view. go up so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”― david mcullough jr.
88. “I am not the same after seeing the moon shine on the other side of the world.”― mary anne radmacher
89. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.”— Freya Stark
90. “never do things that others can and will do if there are things that others can’t or won’t do.”― amelia earhart
91. “The world is big and I want to see it well before it gets dark.”— john muir
92. “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.”― G.K. Chesterton
93. “There are no foreign lands. only the traveler is a foreigner.”― robert louis stevenson
94. “It is better to see something once than to hear it a thousand times.”—Asian proverb
Another timeless Asian proverb that should be your credo. since all people are different, their perceptions will also be different. don’t form an opinion about a place, its people, or its highlights based on someone else’s experience. prejudice is a trait that lives only among short-minded people who haven’t even tried to see the world for themselves.
95. “Only those who risk going too far can find out how far they can go.”― t.s eliot
96. “As soon as I saw you, I knew the adventure was going to happen.”— winnie the pooh
97. “Travel doesn’t become an adventure until you leave yourself behind.”— Marty Rubin
98. “Make everything an adventure. otherwise it will stink.” ― nita morgan
99. “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”— Anthony Bourdain
100. “one travels to escape routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.”― ella maillart
101. “All men dream, but not equally. those who dream at night in the dusty corners of their minds, wake by day to find it was vanity: but day-dreamers are dangerous men, for they can act upon their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. ”— t.e. lorenzo
102. “The voyage of discovery does not consist in looking for new landscapes but in having new eyes”. ― thomas alba edison
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