Backpacking Quote by Horace Kephart

A man who relies upon himself wins a sort of glorious independence. For he has not to wait to be helped by others.

— Self-reliance

A lofty sense of independence is, in man, the best privilege of his nature.

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is…

— Anonymous

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter…

— Jane Austen

Walking alone is truly an adventure and courage are very few people. But who has the courage he has given the world some

— Mak_786

I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled…

— edward abbey

Man is a thought-adventurer.

— D. H. Lawrence

Every man has a train of thought on which he rides when he is alone.

— Anonymous

“A camper should know for himself how to outfit, how to select and make a camp, how to wield an axe and make proper…

— Horace Kephart

An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

— Adlai Stevenson I

The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it.

— Homer