50 Inspirational Hiking Quotes To Inspire You To Get Outdoors!

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If you love hiking and exploring the outdoors but need some extra inspiration to set aside the never-ending to-do list, we have put together 50 Inspirational Hiking Quotes to Inspire You To Get Outdoors.

 

We hope that this collection of inspirational quotes inspires you to:

  • Get off the computer
  • Save the household chores for later
  • Say "the heck with it - I'm going hiking"
  • Take off on a real-life adventure

“Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot. ” ― Diane Spicer

“Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot. ” ― Diane Spicer

Sometimes you just need an adventure to cleanse the bitter taste of life from your soul.

Sometimes you just need an adventure to cleanse the bitter taste of life from your soul.

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." -Jawaharial Nehru

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." -Jawaharial Nehru

“You can't find happiness at the end of your journey if you didn't bring it with you all along." -Katrina Mayer

“You can't find happiness at the end of your journey if you didn't bring it with you all along." -Katrina Mayer

"The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands." -Sir Richard Burton

"The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands." -Sir Richard Burton

"Go where you feel most alive."

"Go where you feel most alive."

"Wherever we go in the mountains, we find more than we seek" -John Muir

"Wherever we go in the mountains, we find more than we seek" -John Muir

Never Stop Exploring

Never Stop Exploring

"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure." -William Feather

"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure." -William Feather

Real freedom lies in the wilderness, not in civilization.

Real freedom lies in the wilderness, not in civilization.

“Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." -Ibn Battuta

“Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." -Ibn Battuta

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." -Gustave Flaubert

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." -Gustave Flaubert

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." - Robert Louis Stevenson

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." - Robert Louis Stevenson

“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, hi is no longer man." -Wilfrid Noyce

“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, hi is no longer man." -Wilfrid Noyce

“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing." -Barry Finlay

“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing." -Barry Finlay

“We are all explores trying to find ourselves."

“We are all explores trying to find ourselves."

“We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventures, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only alive." -Alexander Elio

“We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventures, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only alive." -Alexander Elio

“I do believe it's time for another adventure."

“I do believe it's time for another adventure."

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." -Les Brown

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." -Les Brown

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure." -Irving Walllace

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure." -Irving Walllace

"Life is an adventure, not a package tour." -Eckhart Tolle

"Life is an adventure, not a package tour." -Eckhart Tolle

Adventure may hurt you but Monotony will kill you.

Adventure may hurt you but Monotony will kill you.

“Live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry." -Jack Kerouac

“Live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry." -Jack Kerouac

“There are some of us who are just born with a more adventurous spirit than others." -Lizzy Caplan

“There are some of us who are just born with a more adventurous spirit than others." -Lizzy Caplan

"The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure." -Joseph Campbell

"The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure." -Joseph Campbell

"If someone called you crazy for doing it, you are on the right track!"

"If someone called you crazy for doing it, you are on the right track!"

"Live your life by a compass not a clock"

"Live your life by a compass not a clock"

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." -Henry David Thoreau

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." -Henry David Thoreau

“You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” ― Sue Fitzmaurice

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

"And then there is the most dangerous risk of all -- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later."

-Randy Komisar

"And then there is the most dangerous risk of all -- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later." -Randy Komisar

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." -Steven Wright

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." -Steven Wright

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."

- Jawaharial Nehru

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." - Jawaharial Nehru

"Life should have more mountains and less stress"

"Life should have more mountains and less stress"

"You can't climb up a mountain, with downhill thoughts."

"You can't climb up a mountain, with downhill thoughts."

"Mountains are the soul's fuel"

"Mountains are the soul's fuel"

"Hike More Worry Less"

"Hike More Worry Less"

"When was the last time you did something for the first time?"

"When was the last time you did something for the first time?"

"You lose sight of things... and when you travel, everything balances out." -Daranna Gidel

"You lose sight of things... and when you travel, everything balances out." -Daranna Gidel

"Take only memories leave only footprints." - Chief Seattle

"Take only memories leave only footprints." - Chief Seattle

"Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life was meant to be."

- Steve Pavlina

"Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life was meant to be." - Steve Pavlina

"You weren't born to just pay bills and die."

"You weren't born to just pay bills and die."

"The journey not the arrival matters." -T.S. Eliot

"The journey not the arrival matters." -T.S. Eliot

"The long distance hiker, a breed set apart, from the likes of the usual pack. He'll shoulder his gear, be hittin' the trail, long gone, long 'fore he'll be back."

- M.J. Eberhart

"The long distance hiker, a breed set apart, from the likes of the usual pack. He'll shoulder his gear, be hittin' the trail, long gone, long 'fore he'll be back." - M.J. Eberhart

Nature. It's cheaper than therapy.

Nature. It's cheaper than therapy.

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. -Frank Herbert

"Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. -Frank Herbert

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.

- John Muir

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity. - John Muir

"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Sir Edmund Hillary

"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." - Sir Edmund Hillary

"Fill your life with adventures, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show."

"Fill your life with adventures, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show."

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2 Comments

  1. acevisiontreks on January 30, 2023 at 11:28 am

    Thank you for sharing an informative post for outdoor activities, Love to explore your post.

    • Samantha Panzera on November 6, 2023 at 1:07 pm

      Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to read my blog post. Wishing you the best!
      -Samantha

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