Quotes About Adventure

At times, he heard the 'call' with every fibre of his being. For some time, I have been hearing it too. And that, perhaps, is the long way.

Je prends le globe du Damien et regarde longuement l'immense boucle tracée depuis le départ. Plymouth si près, dix mille milles à peine vers le nord… mais partir de Plymouth pour rentrer à Plymouth, c'est devenu au fil du temps comme partir de nulle part pour aller nulle part. C'est formidable, ce petit globe que je tiens dans mes mains ! Et nous sommes seuls, mon bateau et moi. Seuls avec la mer immense pour nous tout seuls.

I felt such a need to rediscover the wind of the high sea, nothing else counted at that moment, neither earth nor men. All Joshua and I wanted was to be left alone with ourselves. Any other thing did not exist, had never existed. You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time toward the open sea. It goes, that's all, and it is as simple as a ray of sunshine, as normal as the blue of the sky.

I think that a boat big enough to carry lots of food and spares could circle the globe several times, relying only on rain.

but leaving from Plymouth and returning to Plymouth now seems like leaving from

Now take care, Sir Gawain, Not to shrink from danger. This is quite an ordeal That you have taken on.

Esteem for those who travel, disdain for those who stay at home.

I still stubbornly crave fresh encounters, new faces, and new lives. I still dream of the faraway steppe, of wind and rain on my face, of basking in the heat of different suns.

Last year, for my first year in "retirement," I hiked one of the world's oldest roads: The Way of St. James of Compostela, from Paris to Galicia. Two thousand three hundred kilometers (1,430 miles) on foot, pack on my back like a donkey.

Were I to take these warnings seriously, I would immediately reboard the Samsun and go back the way I came. The only risk a tourist runs in Venice is having to pay too much for a cappuccino.

Those who want to die in bed and never stray far from it are already dead.

We are on entirely different journeys. They cross the country, they view it and take pictures of it . . . but never walk through its front door. Aren't I clever, bragging like this, telling myself that I, unlike them, am an authentic traveler!

A school's version of fun can never compete with the street's version of fun.

Tout essayer, tout tenter, accumuler les expériences, ne plus se servir de celles du passé ou d'autrui pour comprendre mais ne se fier qu'à soi-même dans le présent.

Üleminekud on alati ebakindlad ja ohtlikud.

C'est peut-être cela la grande aventure moderne : l'acceptation de cette idée. « Croire, c'est faire exister. » C'est pourquoi je t'ai toujours enseigné qu'il ne faut pas utiliser sa capacité de croyance pour n'importe quoi.

Life is about taking risks, not about burying your head in the sand

c'mon, delete all negative thoughts, Carole, release the past and look to the future with positivity and the lightness of a child unencumbered by emotional baggage life is an adventure to be embraced with an open mind and loving heart

Amma experienced commitment to one person as imprisonment, she hadn't left home for a life of freedom and adventure to end up chained to another person's desires

the best films are about expanding our understanding of what it means to be human, they're a journey into pushing the boundaries of form, an adventure beyond the clichés of commercial cinema, an expression of our deeper consciousness

me voy con el viento malvado que me lleva de acá para allá, igual que a la hoja muerta»

Afortunado aquel que, como Ulises, ha visto cien paisajes»

I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of. I think I've been that way my whole life.

In practical terms, the trick to successful participation in a high-risk sport is to acknowledge that bad things can happen, make every effort to prevent those things from happening, and be prepared to confront accidents when they do occur.