Trekking Quotes

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  The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

  Marcel Proust

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

  Eddie Cantor

  Life, Missing You, Retirement

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• Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Inspirational, Life, Hiking

  Farewell Remarks to White House Cabinet and Staff, delivered 9 August 1974

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• Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Insperational, Hiking

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Beauty, Loneliness

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• The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

  Joseph Joubert

  Anger, Hiking, Long Walks

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• To live in the present moment is a miracle.

  Nhat Hanh

  Miracle, Moments, Live In The Present

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.1, Parallax Press

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• You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Knowing Who You Are

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

  John Muir

  Wisdom, Nature, Autumn

  Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898

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• As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.

  Woody Guthrie

  New York, Journey, Islands

  "This Land Is Your Land" (song) (1956)

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• Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.

  Ed Viesturs

  Sports, Nature, Travel

  Ed Viesturs, David Roberts (2011). “The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak”, p.87, Crown

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  Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.

  John Muir

  Peace, Nature, Sunshine

  Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898

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• I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

  G. M. Trevelyan

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  G.M. Trevelyan (1949). “CLIO A MUSE AND OTHER ESSAYS”

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• The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.206, Anchor

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  In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Good Morning, Men, Morning Inspirational

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.384, Harvard University Press

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• It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.

  Matthew Henry

  Journey, Talking, Hiking

  Matthew Henry (2016). “Bible Commentary - James”, p.21, Bible Study Books

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• Going to the mountains is going home.

  John Muir

  Home, Adventure, Hiking

  John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.721, Library of America

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• Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.

  Gary Snyder

  Humility, Balance, Spirit

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• Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Travel, Journey, Hiking

  Bruce Chatwin (1990). “What Am I Doing Here?”, p.103, Penguin

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• If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

  Frank A. Clark

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.

  Edward Abbey

  Life, Native American, Hiking

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• I represent what is left of a vanishing race, and that is the pedestrian. That I am still able to be here, I owe to a keen eye and a nimble pair of legs. But I know they'll get me someday.

  Will Rogers

  Eye, Race, Hiking

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• Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied.

  W. H. Davies

  Life, Hiking, Joy

  William Henry Davies, “The Best Friend”

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• The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time the movement of the tongue by, and to keep the blood and the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to eye and soul and sense; but the supreme pleasure comes from the talk.

  Mark Twain

  Lying, Eye, Men

  Mark Twain (2016). “A Tramp Abroad”, p.139, Xist Publishing

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• Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Sitting Still, Feelings, Everyday

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