If you've been following me for a while, you're well aware that my heart beats for adventure. Life itself, after all, is the grandest adventure of them all. It's the spirit of exploration that propels us forward. From climbing mountains to cycling through foreign lands with no set plan, to delving into the uncharted territories of our own hearts, each step we take is an opportunity to embrace the unknown and ignite our spirits with the flames of discovery.
Let’s be honest with ourselves, life without adventure is boring. And of course, the most remarkable adventures are often the ones that make our hearts race and our palms sweat, those are the memories we cherish forever. We all have our moments when we need a little nudge to step beyond our comfort zones. That's precisely why I've curated a collection of the 80 best adventure quotes and inspiring captions for adventure seekers of the extraordinary.
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Famous Adventure Quotes
“The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” - George Eliot
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks” - Mark Zuckerberg
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” - Helen Keller
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” - Jim Rohn
“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” - William Feather
“So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry” - Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels
“There's only one place I want to go and it's to all the places I've never been.” - Nikki Rowe
“Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.” - Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle
“Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.” - Mercedes Lackey, Spirits White as Lightning
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.” - Christopher McCandless
“I didn't say no because between safety and adventure, I choose adventure.” - Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“All great adventures have moments that are really crap.” - Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy
“I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.” - Lloyd Alexander
“There is no point of adventure if you have known about everything. I wonder how God deals with the situation, considering the boredom” - Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
“I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.” - Jacqueline Cochran
“I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable.” - Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift
“I knew then that I wanted to go home, but I had no home to go to--and that is what adventures are all about” - Trina Schart Hyman, Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman
“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” - Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
“It is better to explore a gainful uncertainty than to sit in a painful certainty.” - Ogwo David Emenike
Inspiring Quotes about Adventure
“If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.” - Drew Barrymore
“Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.” - Roy T. Bennett
“Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.” - Danny Kaye
“To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self.... And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self.” - Søren Kierkegaard
“May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” - Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
“It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” - Ernie Harwell
“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” - Oprah Winfrey
“You'll always remember your first car and the memories that come with it - that sense of adventure!” - Paddy McGuinness
“Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.” - Andre Geim
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun” - Christopher McCandless
“Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world.” - Seanan McGuire, Down Among the Sticks and Bones
“Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.” - Holly Lisle, The Silver Door
“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions.” - Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa
“A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.” - Bertrand Russell
“Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure, any exploration, if you let somebody else - above all, a travel bureau - arrange everything before-hand?” - Richard Aldington, DEATH OF HERO
“Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.” - Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy
“Always there has been an adventure just around the corner- and the world is still full of corners.” - Roy Chapman Andrews
“An adventurous life does not necessarily mean climbing mountains, swimming with sharks, or jumping off cliffs. It means risking yourself by leaving a little piece of you behind in all those you meet along the way.” - Shawna Grapentin
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu
“Adventure isn’t 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 – facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential” - John Amatt
“Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost.” - Erol Ozan
“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” - Rachel Wolchin
“You need mountains, long staircases don't make good hikers.” - Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
“You can never know who you really are or what you can do until you discover yourself” - Sunday Adelaja
“Don’t put off your adventures while you wait for available friends to join.” - Francis Shenstone, The Explorer's Mindset: Unlock Health Happiness and Success the Fun Way
Short Adventure quotes
“Adventure awaits.” - Unknown
“Buy the ticket, take the ride.” - Hunter S. Thompson
“There is no certainty; there is only adventure.” - Roberto Assagioli
“Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.” - Eckhart Tolle
“There is always an adventure waiting in the woods.” - Katelyn S. Bolds
“It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.” - Edmund Hillary
“It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.” - Robert Kurson
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” - Amelia Earhart
“Adventures do occur, but not punctually.” - E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
“Life without adventure is like pizza without cheese.” - Unknown
“I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.” - Tim Daly
“I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure” - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“It’s the unknown that draws people.” - E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly,
“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” - Barry Finlay, Kilimanjaro and Beyond
“What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.” - Juliette Binoche
“I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.” - George Foreman
“Adventure is just bad planning.” - Roald Amundsen
“I am just a girl chasing her dreams and having an amazing adventure.” - Madeline Stuart
“Adventure is calling, and I must go.” - Unknown
“Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” - Jaime Lyn Beatty
“Life is just a lot of everyday adventures.” - Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn
“Make everything an adventure. Otherwise, it will suck” - Nita Morgan
“Adventure is a mindset, not a destination.” - Unknown
“Adventure is a need.” - Unknown
“You have to go head, even if no one goes with you.” - Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
“The more I travel, more I know that I know nothing.” - Dr Prem Jagyasi
“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.” - Douglas Coupland
“Adventure begins where plans end.” - Gabe Zichermann
“Life is short and the world is wide.” - Simon Raven
“So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry” - ack Kerouac, Desolation Angels
“Keep exploring, you will discover new path.” - Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
“Go without the latest iPhone, explore the world and discover...” - El Fuego
“The journey is the destination.” - Dan Eldon
“Endeavor, explore and expand!” - Abhijit Naskar, Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live
“Go small, go simple, go now” - larry pardey, Cruising in Seraffyn