Adventurous Life Quotes

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Christopher McCandless

Adventure, Passion, Men

In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992 in "Back to the Wild" by Chris McCandless and Mary Ellen Barnes, (2nd ed.), Twin Star Press, (pp. 135-137), 2013.

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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

Inspirational, Life, Fear

Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.12, Westminster John Knox Press

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Helen Keller

Death, Spiritual, Courage

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

Alan Cohen

Life, Change, Meaningful

Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Katharine Hepburn

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf

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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Helen Keller

Happiness, Inspiring, Success

Let Us Have Faith (1940)

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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

Life, Death, Suicide

FaceBook post by Hunter S. Thompson from Nov 01, 2015

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I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Mark Twain

Travel, Hate, Memorable

Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.1919, GENERAL PRESS

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So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our 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.

Aron Ralston

Passion, Adventure, Reality

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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Laozi

Inspirational, Life, Summer

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No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.

Lewis Carroll

Patience, Adventure, Wonderland

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But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.

Christopher McCandless

Adventure, Passion, Reality

Letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992.

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...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Christopher McCandless

Adventure, New Experiences, Monotonous Life

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anais Nin

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.

Irving Wallace

Inspirational, Travel, Adventure

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So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation.

Christopher McCandless

New Experiences, Monotonous Life, People

In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992.

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

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

All Things Considered (1908) "On Running after one's Hat"

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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

George Eliot

Wisdom, Travel, Adventure

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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

William Feather

Life, Happiness, Adventure

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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Anatole France

Inspirational, Inspiring, Nature

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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

Andre Gide

Life, Travel, Adventure

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Diane Ackerman

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Grace Hopper

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

1987 Address at Trinity College, Washington. Reported in Time, 22 Jun.

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