62 Motivational Hiking Quotes (ADVENTURE)

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Top 10 Most Famous Hiking Quotes

You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. - Dr. Seuss — You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – **Dr. Seuss**

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. - Greg Child — Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. – Greg Child

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey — May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. – **Edward Abbey**

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

Hiking is not escapism; it’s realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong. - Jennifer Pharr Davis — Hiking is not escapism; it’s realism. The people who choose to spend **time** outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong. – Jennifer Pharr Davis

We don't stop hiking because we grow old — we grow old because we stop hiking. - Finis Mitchell — We don’t stop hiking because we grow old — we grow old because we stop hiking. – Finis Mitchell

Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care. - Earl Shaffer — Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care. – Earl Shaffer

It always seems impossible until it’s done. - Nelson Mandela — It always seems impossible until it’s done. – **Nelson Mandela**

It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. - Sir Edmund Hillary — It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. – Sir Edmund Hillary

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it. - Andy Rooney — Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the **happiness** and **growth** occurs while you are climbing it. – Andy Rooney

16 Hiking Quotes That Will Inspire You To Experience Nature

“I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was a place I never had to go, for this earth was greater than any paradise.”
Daniel J. Rice

A walk in nature walks the soul back home. - Mary Davis — A walk in **nature** walks the soul back home. – Mary Davis

I’d rather be hiking in the rain, than sitting inside at a desk on a sunny day.

“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”
David McCullough Jr.

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 — 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**

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. - John Muir — Of all the paths you take in **life**, make sure a few of them are dirt. – **John Muir**

May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits. - Harley King — May your **dreams** be larger than mountains and may you have the **courage** to scale their summits. – Harley King

Stop staring at mountains. Climb them instead, yes, it’s a harder process but it will lead you to a better view.

Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better. - Albert Einstein — Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better. – **Albert Einstein**

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills — There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. – **Beverly Sills**

In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir — In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks. – John Muir

If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. - Vincent Van Gogh — If you truly **love** nature, you will find **beauty** everywhere. – **Vincent Van Gogh**

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. - Gary Snyder — Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. – Gary Snyder

To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles. - Mary Davis — To walk in nature is to witness a thousand **miracles**. – Mary Davis

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs — I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. – John Burroughs

Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world. - John Muir — Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world. – John Muir

14 Hiking Quotes that Will Elevate Your Determination to Climb

“For those who climb, the answer is both obvious and impossible to explain — the everyday concerns of livelihood, of social standing, overdue bills, and futureless romance all fall away before the vast and overwhelming absolute of the mountain.”
Paul Watkins

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. - Jack Kerouac — Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. – Jack Kerouac

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucius — It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – **Confucius**

“On a hike, the days pass with the wind, the sun, the stars; movement is powered by a belly full of food and water, not a noxious tankful of fossil fuels. On a hike, you’re less a job title and more a human being. A periodic hike not only stretches the limbs but also reminds us: Wow, there’s a big old world out there.”
Ken Ilgunas

For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you. — For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the **determination** in you.

You can't climb up a mountain with downhill thoughts. — You can’t climb up a mountain with downhill thoughts.

“If everyone in the world took care of each other the way folks do out on the trail, and if everyone approached each day with as much hope and optimism as hikers do, the world would be a better place.”
Jon Tullis