"If anyone says that the best life of all is to sail the sea, and then adds that I must not sail upon a sea where shipwrecks are a common occurrence and there are often sudden storms that sweep the helmsman in an adverse direction, I conclude that this man, although he lauds navigation, really forbids me to launch my ship."

Adventure, Courage, Exploration, Fear

61

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"If anyone says that the best life of all is to sail the sea, and then adds that I must not sail upon a sea where shipwrecks are a common occurrence and there are often sudden storms that sweep the helmsman in an adverse direction, I conclude that this man, although he lauds navigation, really forbids me to launch my ship."

Exlpore more Adventure quotes

"Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into."

Wendell Berry, American Poet

Adventure, Fear, Curiosity, Nature

"Travel is never a matter of money but of courage."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Adventure, Travel, Courage, Experience

"Adventure without risk is Disneyland."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Adventure, Risk

"Purpose! Purposes are for animals with a hell of a lot more dignity than the human race! Just hop on that strange torpedo and ride it to wherever it's going."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Adventure, Chaos, Life, Risk

"An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Adventure,

"Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Adventure, Exploration, Courage, Freedom

"Very well, young man, very well," Treville went on, "I know those airs. I came to Paris with four ecus in my pocket, and I'd have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

Adventure, Pride, Youth, Fight, Paris

"Dare to explore the beautiful places of the world."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Adventure, Dare, Explore, Beautiful, World

"They said it was only a ground shark, but I was not wholly reassured. It is as bad to be eaten by a ground shark as by any other."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Adventure, Fear, Danger, Survival, Observation

"An egg is always an adventure, it may be different each time."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Adventure, Life, Change

Explore more quotes by Seneca

"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it."

Life

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

Religion

"The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger."

Anger

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."

Man

"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment."

Friendship

"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood."