Adventure Quote by Ezra Pound

“Old Men’s Souls Within their ancient, decrepit bodies the souls of old men wallow. Poor things, so full of sorrow: how bored with the…

— Constantinos P. Cavafis

“At such moments the collapse of their courage, willpower, and endurance was so abrupt that they felt they could never drag themselves out of…

— Camus Albert

“I have longed to move away From the hissing of the spent lie And the old terrors' continual cry Growing more terrible as the…

— Dylan Thomas

“Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds? AARON. Ay, that I had not done a thousand more. Even now I curse the day-…

— William Shakespeare

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Through all the centuries of the worship of the mindless, whatever stagnation humanity chose to endure, whatever brutality to practice-it was only by the…

— Ayn Rand

“I am banished from the patient men who fight. They smote my heart to pity, built my pride. Shoulder to aching shoulder, side by…

— Siegfried Sassoon

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor…

— Homer

These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths, With dear companions now passed out of sight, Shall not be laid upon their graves. They live, Since…

— Lucy Larcom

“The multitude of men and women choose the less adventurous way of the comparatively unconscious civic and tribal routines. But these seekers, too, are…

— Joseph Campbell

“Ay, that I had not done a thousand more. Even now I curse the day—and yet, I think, Few come within the compass of…

— William Shakespeare

“Look, look,’ the count continued, grasping each of the two young men by the hand. ‘Look, because I swear to you, this is worthy…

— Alexandre Dumas