Adventures are worth striving for—at least, that’s what the Greek scholar Aristotle said. And even today, years later, that still holds true. To inspire you for your next adventure or to keep your sense of adventure alive in everyday life, I’ve gathered some of my favorite adventure quotes for you.
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Inspiring Adventure Quotes
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.
– Paolo Coelho
I wanted freedom, open air, and adventure. I found it on the sea.
– Alain Gerbault
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.
– Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)
Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
– Irving Wallace
I had the conviction that this was an adventure, but in fact it was life.
– Joseph Conrad
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
– Diane Ackerman
You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.
– Sue Fitzmaurice
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Adventure is not hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day-to-day obstacles of life.
– John Amat
When you’re safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you’re having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
– Thornton Wilder
Some invent adventures and entire novels, and shape their lives accordingly, to live as they wish, at least in this way.
– Fjodor Dostojewski
The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.
– Casey Neistat
The best Adventure Sayings
Only those who dare to venture into the unknown will discover new worlds.
– anonymous
Adventure is worthwhile.
– Aristoteles
Those who do not fear farewells will be rewarded with adventure, experiences, and a rich life.
– anonymous
Adventures begin where plans end.
– anonymous
Throw away the plan and live the adventure.
– anonymous
It feels good to get lost in the right direction.
– anonymous
Dreamers can’t be tamed.
– Paolo Coelho
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
– Danny Kaye
Say ‘Yes’ to new adventures!
– anonymous
It’s never too late to have a real adventure.
– Robert Kurson
Let’s go somewhere where no one knows our names!
– anonymous
If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.
– Rachel Wolchin
I believe it’s time for a new adventure.
– anonymous
Go where you feel most alive.
– anonymous
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
– Joseph Campbell
More Quotes about Adventures
Sometimes you just need an adventure to cleanse the bitter taste of your life from your soul.
– anonymous
Jobs fill your pockets. Adventures fill your soul.
– Jaime Lyn Beatty
One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
– William Feather
One day, you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted to do. Do it now.
– Paolo Coelho
Actually, the best gift you could give her was a lifetime of adventure.
– Lewis Carrol
Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
– J.K. Rowling
All you need is 20 seconds of insane courage.
– anonymous
I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
– Eric Roth
I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.
– J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings)
Fill your life with adventures not things. Have stuff to tell not things to show.
– anonymous
You’re off to great places. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting! So, get on your way.
– Dr. Seuss
To live would be an awfully big adventure.
– Peter Pan
Adventure & Travel Quotes
A journey becomes an adventure when you leave yourself behind.
– Marty Rubin
The biggest attraction there is, is the world—go and see it!
– Kurt Tucholsky
Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.
– Paolo Coelho
A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies, and adopting new viewpoints.
– Wilferd Peterson
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
– Ray Bradbury
Travel far enough, you meet yourself.
– David Mitchell
A journey is a draft from the source of life.
– Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
– Andre Gide
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
– Karl Sagan
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you’re 22, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel—as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them—wherever you go.
– Anthony Bourdain
Life is an adventure – Quotes
Life is an adventure, not a package tour.
– Eckhart Tolle
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
– Helen Keller
It’s the little moments that make life a grand adventure.
– anonymous
Adventures are what make life great.
– anonymous
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
– Oprah
Life: A word that must be filled with love, experiences, and adventure.
– anonymous
What is life if not a grand adventure?
– Rachelle Nieman
Life is an adventure—enjoy the ride!
– anonymous
What about you? Are you feeling inspired for your next adventure? Have you found the perfect quote, or do you have an adventure saying of your own that you think should be on this list? Let us know in the comments below!