Adventure Quote Archive

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
— Frank A. Clark


Do not rob yourself of life’s experiences, as they come along, by hiding from and saying “no” to everything. To say “yes” and dive in is the only sensible response.

— Bill Purdin


Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure. — Piero Ferrucci


It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. — Seneca


The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. — Thomas Fuller


The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next. — Ursula K. LeGuin


What you risk reveals what you value. — Jeanette Winterson


The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust


The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
— Oprah Winfrey


Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. — Patty Hansen


Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile … initially scared me to death. — Betty Bender


We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. — Jennie Jerome Churchill


They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm. — Dorothy Parker


The world belongs to the energetic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson


Adventure is worthwhile in itself. — Amelia Earhart


Find a shore you cannot see and sail for it. — Bill Purdin


It’s very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space. — Thomas K. Mattingly II (Apollo 16 astronaut)