Quotes about Adventure

Wilberforce said that he revered Newton "as a parent when I was a child." The weak-eyed, sickly, extremely nimble-minded boy must have been utterly captivated by the former slaver who at age eleven—William's age when they met—had gone off to sea for a picaresque adventure unimaginable to the wealthy and pampered merchant's son.

To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

I like to go to Mauritius on holiday.

Literally, my honeymoon was driving to Chicago.

We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.

So whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Africa will always be the Africa of the Victorian atlas, the blank unexplored continent the shape of the human heart.

I'd like to write a series that, in an adventurous and fun way, teaches kids a way to discern between good and evil, to establish a foundation on moral absolutes.

The Christified person knows that his life is not finally about him but about God; the Eucharistized person understands that her treasure is to be found above and not below. Wealth, pleasure, power, honor, success, titles, degrees, even friendships and family connections are all relativized as the high adventure of life with God opens up. The eternalized person can say with Paul, "It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me," and "We have here no lasting city.

Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction.