Adventure Quotes

1845 Adventure quotes by 1200 unique authors

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with… — Frederick Sanger
The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space… — Gus Van Sant
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs… — Nev Schulman
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;… — Jon Scieszka
If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven't had a new mental adventure… — David Sedaris
An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who… — Norma Shearer
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous. — Navjot Singh Sidhu
A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together. — Jane Smiley
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach… — Adam Smith
I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be… — Wilbur Smith
Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. — John Steinbeck
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. — Tom Stoppard
I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything. — Taylor Swift
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. — Rabindranath Tagore
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. — Rabindranath Tagore
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them. — Elizabeth Taylor
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. — Henry David Thoreau
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. — Paul Theroux
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not… — Henry David Thoreau
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under… — Henry David Thoreau
Not all those who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour. — Eckhart Tolle

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