Quotes About Adventure

The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.

Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is adventure and variety. But the truth is that the home is the only place of liberty, the only spot on earth where a man can alter arrangements suddenly, make an experiment or indulge in a whim. The home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

I liked to sail alone. The sea was the same as a girl to me - I did not want anyone else along.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

As the Spanish proverb says, 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.

One of your most powerful inner resources is your own creativity. Be willing to try on something new and play the game full-out.

It's time we put thoughts of lack behind us. It's time for us to discover the secrets of the stars, to sail to an uncharted land, to open up a new heaven where our spirits can soar.

One of the most adventurous things left is to go to bed, for no one can lay a hand on our dreams.

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

Westward, Ho!

All glory comes from daring to begin.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

Miguel de Cervantes

If you can teach me a new word, I'll walk all the way to China to get it.

Why, then, the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.

Of course I realized there was a measure of danger. Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when I first considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it again.

Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!

I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.

The interests of childhood and youth are the interests of mankind.