Quotes about Adventure
A mission to Rangoon we had been accustomed to regard with feelings of horror. But it was now brought to a point. We must either venture there or be sent to Europe.
- Adoniram Judson
Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done.
- Mother Angelica
Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
- CT Studd
My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff.
- Bill Gates
People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.
- Jacqueline Novogratz
We must be careful not to be so scared of getting out on a limb that we never get up the tree.
- Vance Havner
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
- Victor Hugo
The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
- Amelia Earhart
the stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.
- Amelia Earhart
The best thing to do is go as far out as you can get... what you regard as 'too far' - and when others follow, as they will, move on
- Frank Lloyd Wright
It's a dangerous business, going out your door.
- JRR Tolkien
There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.
- John Updike