Quotes About Adventure

There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

I'm in love with the potential of miracles. For me, the safest place is out on a limb.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving ... if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre.

It is not easy to be a pioneer-but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.

I long to see everything, to know everything, to learn everything!

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters.

All I had to do was keep turning left.

Don't let go of the vine.

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something. Not that he's cruel. He wouldn't hurt a fly. It's not big enough.

But that is another story.

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand. ... Adventure is a state of mind-and spirit. It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

What isn't tried won't work.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Sometimes "the fool who rushes in" gets the job done.

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.