Quotes About Adventure

Before Columbus, all previous adventurers sailed close to the shore, within sight of land. That was the accepted way to sail. Columbus dared to be different. He refused to do what all others had done. He took a risk: he sailed perpendicular to the shore—straight out to sea. And because he let go of the known and had the bravery to sail out into the unknown, he became one of our greatest heroes.

on the other side of fear you will always discover freedom.

La vida de primera clase empieza donde termina tu zona de confort»

pleasure and more a business. Julian grew visibly excited as he recounted how he sold all his material possessions and headed for India, a land whose

A woman's got one life: She's got to reach out and grab it with both hands, or it'll pass her by and leave nothing but a smelly old fart in her face.

Living the same week a few thousand times and calling it a life. I need to tell you that too many among us die at thirty and are buried at eighty.

Bravery is the solution to regret.

If you're not scared a lot you're not doing very much.

Shake up your life a bit. Get rid of the cobwebs. Take the road less traveled. Most people live within the confines of their comfort zone. Yogi Raman was the first person to explain to me that the best thing you can do for yourself is regularly move beyond it.

Go big or stay home!

Corre grandes riesgos, pero protégete con sentido común. Equilibra vivir como si no hubiese mañana con comportarte como si fueses a vivir para siempre

Vrh jedne planine za mene je podnožje sljede?e, a moje istraživanje je beskona?an proces.

My many years of conservative legal world, doing the same things every day with the same people who thought the same thoughts every day had filled my cup to the brim. My wife Jenny was always telling me that we should be meeting new people and exploring new things.

Stop being so practical. Start doing the things you have always wanted to do.

I wish the little rivers under the laughing kingfishers in every canyon were fire, and the ocean Fire, and my heart not afraid to go down.

Ezra, the girl you're chasing after doesn't exist. I'm not some bohemian adventurer who takes you on treasure hunts and sends you secret messages. I'm this sad, lonely mess who studies too much and pushes people away and hides in her haunted house.

freak the mighty is the best book I ever read so I recommend it to anyone who likes good books that have different feellings and emotions

We're Freak the Mighty, that's who we are. We're nine feet tall, in case you haven't noticed." That's how it started, really, how we got to be Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world.

2001: A Space Odyssey is not about a goal, but about a quest, a need.

In our lives, we surf the wave of chance.

We piled into the back of his big red Sun-Times truck: Robertson, McHugh, a bagpipe player, assorted other regulars, and Good Sydney Harris. Good Sydney Harris was a Spanish Civil War veteran, not to be confused with the Bad Sydney Harris, the Daily News columnist. Good Sydney had fallen into conversation with a dominatrix named Jake, who joined us.

he knows he's running wild--and chooses to, burning up the future years of an empty lifetime for a few flashes of freedom

And reading is a wonderful thing for the mind. I have not been many places in my life. But in books, I have traveled all over the world.

The main point, it seems to me, is to maintain a life of active risk and affection, while helping the body along the path of decay, remembering always that the value of life does not consist in its length but in its depth.