Adventure Quotes

What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?

~ Elin Hilderbrand

Still, I could find no good reason for not going. So I decided to go.

~ Nicolette Milnes Walker

We must remember that the mortals prefer plant-life for food, for next time.”The other statue nodded in agreement and replied. “Yes. Every day we learn new things Donkor. These mortals have some funny ways don’t they?” - Quest Two: The Cursed Nile

~ S.w. Lothian

- “How about flipping a coin;” she made a pretty remark and the two women turned around andlooked at her irritated.- “That's right, go ahead, jock about it. You are not the one trying to change her heart, I am, and youknow damn well how painful that can be!”Sand of Passion

~ Georgia Kakalopoulou

Besides, I am staying in a luxurious hotel, not in some slum!”.Sand of Passion

~ Georgia Kakalopoulou

You are dead, you know!” he screeched delightedly, “Come on Miss Wright! Die! Die! DIE!

~ William Axtell

The three now faced the moving wall. Trapped, like the last fries in a box with a hungry kid ready to pounce. They had no way to escape.

~ S.w. Lothian

Embrace your sacred existence.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I remember when I was twenty-five,� he said. “No client comes to you when you’re twenty-five. It’s like when you are looking for a doctor. You don’t want the new one that just graduated. You don’t want the very old one, the one shaking, the one twenty years past his prime. You want the seasoned one who has done it so many times he can do it in his sleep though. Same thing with attorneys.

~ Daniel Amory

A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity

~ Barbara Gordon

Most of life is routine-dull and grubby, but routine is the mountain that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

~ Ben Nicholas

Charles Dickens' creation of Mr. Pickwick did more for the elevation of the human race - I say it in all seriousness - than Cardinal Newman's Lead Kindly Light Amid the Encircling Gloom. Newman only cried out for light in the gloom of a sad world. Dickens gave it.

~ Stephen Leacock

The wind was cold off the mountains and I was a naked man with enemies behind me, and nothing before me but hope.

~ Louis L'amour

Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.

~ Anon

Man's attitude toward great qualities in others is often the same as toward high mountains - he admires them but he prefers to walk around them.

~ Moritz Saphir.

Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

~ J.m. Barrie

Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

~ Ella Wheeler

Give us men to match our mountains, Give us men to match our plains: Men with empires in their purpose And new eras in their brains.

~ Miller H.t.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

~ Abigail Van Buren

Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful hearin' when age has further impaired his mind.

~ Finley Peter Dunne

A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.

~ Louis L'amour

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.

~ Jacqueline Cochran

I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.

~ Leonard Nimoy

Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure.

~ Ernest Lawrence

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

~ Oprah Winfrey

I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing.

~ Alan Moore

Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other peoples' dreams and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia.

~ Guy Laliberte

Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won't read shark books forever.

~ Jon Scieszka

It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.

~ Jon Favreau

I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone.

~ Colin Farrell

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

~ Emanuel Celler

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

~ Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.

~ Juliette Binoche

But the love of adventure was in father's blood.

~ Buffalo Bill

We love because it's the only true adventure.

~ Nikki Giovanni

I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

~ Brené Brown

'Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as the Genie. 'Aladdin' was an amazing adventure and the lead character was a hero for guys, which I loved. It wasn't a princess or a girl beating the odds; it was a street rat. That seemed really cool to me.

~ Zachary Levi

I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of color, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country.

~ Douglas Coupland

When launching a product called an Energy Drink and named Red Bull, a product that stimulates body and mind, it is a short step to the roots where Red Bull came from. We have been doing this for 20 years - now it's called adventure sports, extreme sports, and outdoor sports.

~ Dietrich Mateschitz