quotations about adventure
Adventure is about going out of your comfort zone to open yourself up to the experiences and beauty that life gives you, no matter what path you choose to go on.
ANNA FAUSTINO
"What Is Adventure and What Does It Mean to Be Adventurous", Adventure In You, August 22, 2015
Adventure is often the unintentional result of poor planning.
MICHAEL C. THOMSETT
attributed, The Speaker's Treasury of Quotations
Anticipating an adventure is equally as powerful as actually experiencing the places we desire.
BLAKE SNOW
"Off The Grid: How To Travel When You Can't", Paste Magazine, October 22, 2015
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
O. HENRY
"The Green Door"
The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. 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.
JON KRAKAUER
Into the Wild
The difference between a disaster and an adventure is attitude.
DICK GULDSTRAND
"Dick Guldstrand dies at 87; car racer known as 'Mr. Corvette'", Los Angeles Times, September 7, 2015
Microadventures are adventures that fit into the reality of everyday life. It's for people who may have a lack of time, lack of money, and a lack of expertise for epic adventures and live in places like Bishop's Stortford rather than Patagonia.
ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS
interview, "Alastair Humphreys, the man who cycled the world and thought 'What else can I do?'", Herts & Essex Observer, January 25, 2016
It takes courage to become a true warrior. Setting off from the safety of one's home, leaving behind loved ones to embark on an adventure is no easy task, and crossing that threshold into the great unknown can be daunting.
Hatake
"Age of Wushu Dynasty: The Journey Begins -- Beginners Guide", MMO Site, February 15, 2016
Everyone is challenged differently, but for me, an adventure has to contain an element of risk and uncertainty, has to be physically difficult and should also involve getting between two geographical locations.
SEAN CONWAY
"How to have a holiday adventure in the UK", The Guardian, January 14, 2016
Living through an adventure is more important than completing an objective.
JUSTINE A. LEVINE
"Keene's Mountainfest teaches avalanche awareness", Lake Placid News, January 21, 2016
My view is that an adventure is a mistake one wasn't ready for.
JOHN SCHANDELMEIER
"With the onset of Alaska's winter, the unprepared flirt with disaster", Alaska Dispatch News, September 30, 2015
Adventures are for the adventurous.
ANONYMOUS
An adventure is anything that involves doing something new, a measure of risk, and an unknown outcome. You don't have to scale Mt. Everest to live adventurously. You can start right where you are.
FRANK NILES
"The Secret to a Joyful Life", Huffington Post, June 22, 2015
An adventure is anything that 1) takes me out of my comfort zone; 2) I'm not 100 percent sure I can do; 3) I've never done; 4) I wouldn't normally do in December; 5) is ridiculously fun; or 6) is something I'm so glad I'm doing that I don't have to actually enjoy doing it.
KAY STEPHENS
"Hot Sketch: Shannon, Queen of Everyday Adventures", Penobscot Bay Pilot, November 5, 2015
Leaving the stability of normal life and a job for an adventure is not a secure feeling. You can't predict what will happen next. But when you let go, when you open yourself up to the experiences and interactions with people around you, it's incredibly freeing.
SARAH SWALLOW
"5 Couples Who Made Adventure Their Jobs", GearJunkie, September 20, 2016
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
CHARLES FROHMAN
last words before going down on the Lusitania, Charles Frohman: Manager and Man
Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.
JACK KEROUAC
Desolation Angels
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
G. K. CHESTERTON
All Things Considered
Adventure is quite literally on our doorsteps, and if you need help finding it, well -- there's an app for that.
JENNY COULSON
"More adventure, More SA", The Entertainer, September 2, 2016
You don't have to run across Iceland to have an adventure, although it helps.
ROBBIE BRITTON
"Glaciers, volcanoes and hot springs: can I really run across Iceland?", The Guardian, September 30, 2015