Quotes about Adventure

There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?

Life is lived on the edge.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.

I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.

I cannot find anyone who knows where the outflow of the unvisited Lake S.W. of this goes; some think that it goes to the Western Ocean, or, I should say, the Congo. Mohamad Bogharib goes in a month to Manyuema, but if matters turn out as I wish, I may explore this Tanganyika line first.

A large spear from my right lunged past and almost grazed my back, and stuck firmly into the soil. The two men from whom it came appeared in an opening in the forest only ten yards off and bolted, one looking back over his shoulder as he ran. As they are expert with the spear I don't know how it missed, except that he was too sure of his aim and the good hand of God was upon me.

Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.