Trekking Quotes - Page 3

• Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Fear, Lonesome, Dread

  'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1798) pt. 6

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• You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Graduation, Confidence

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• Out there things can happen, and frequently do, To people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew. Just go right along, you'll start happening too!

  Dr. Seuss

  People, Worry, Places You Go

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• I'm the walkingest girl around. I like to work at it - really get my heart pounding.

  Amy Yasbeck

  Girl, Sarcastic, Heart

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• The Americans never walk. In winter too cold and in summer too hot.

  Jack Butler Yeats

  Summer, Humorous, Winter

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• The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Travel, Adventure, Memorable

  Daniel J. Boorstin (2012). “The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America”, p.85, Vintage

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• The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.

  T. S. Eliot

  Travel, Adventure, Science

  Four Quartets "Little Gidding" pt. 5 (1942)

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  People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Buddhist, Children

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• A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.

  Leonard Louis Levinson

  Attitude, Optimistic, Dark

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  Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

  John Muir

  Travel, Home, Tired

  "Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays".

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• I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Morning, Journey, Fog

  Bruce Chatwin (2003). “In Patagonia”, p.59, Penguin

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• Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.

  John Muir

  Inspirational, Life, Nature

  Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898

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• Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Appreciation, Regret, Yoga

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2010). “Live with Intention: Rediscovering What We Deeply Know”, p.2, Conari Press

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• Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

  Voltaire

  Journey, Hiking, Thought Provoking

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.109, Penguin

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• It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

  Robert W. Service

  Anger, Adversity, Climbing

  "Sand: The Never-ending Story". Book by Michael Welland, p. 30, 2009.

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• As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Single, Inspiration

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.27, Heron Dance Press

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• An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Good Morning, Nature, Get Well Soon

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.107, BookBaby

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• Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Hiking, Entrepreneur, Desire

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

  John Ruskin

  Change, Running, Rainy Day

  "The Use Of Life". Book by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. Chapter 4: "Recreation", 1894.

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• There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

  Billy Connolly

  Being Happy, Running, Adventure

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• The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.

  Tom Brown, Jr.

  Hiking, Ends, Trails

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• Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.151, Penguin

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• The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth

  Linji Yixuan

  Water, Miracle, Earth

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