Adventure Quote by Admiral George Anson

“Thus was this expedition finished, when it had lasted 3 years and 9 months after having, by its event, strongly evinced this important truth:…

— Admiral George Anson

“Thus was this expedition finished...after having, by its event, strongly evinced this important truth; that though prudence, intrepidity and perseverence united are not exempted…

— Admiral George Anson

“To be truly challenging, a voyage,like a life,must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse.”

— Sterling Hayden

“There is not, perhaps, a more painful exercise of the mind than that of treading, with weary and impatient pace, the entire round of…

— Anonymous

In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's…

— Alfred Lansing

“The time for expeditions was over.”

— Jeff VanderMeer

Voyages are accomplished inwardly.

— Henry Miller

Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding…

— Christopher Columbus

did you not call this a glorious expedition? and wherefore was it glorious? not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern…

— Anonymous

“virtue of the American frontier and its allegedly salubrious”

— Eithne Luibhéid

I trust and believe that the time spent in this voyage ... will produce its full worth in Natural History; and it appears to…

— Charles Darwin

“Take time for the clearance of the mind, preparing for adherence to perseverance for the journey of another thousand miles.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones