A collection of inspirational wisdom, sayings and quotes on the subject of life and adventure.
Shirley McLaine once said: "I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself ... and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part."
If we are truly spiritual beings having a human experience, then we can take it that our spiritual self is here to 'experience' as much as we can through the human vehicle - this includes to laugh, to love and to be loved, to give of ourselves, to receive, to experience life through our emotions - yes, even pain, because without pain and hardship we cannot have an understanding of love and happiness.
If we shrink from certain experiences just to feel 'safe', then we are not 'living buy only merely 'existing' and we miss out on the experience of 'being alive' and are not truly living at all. So, if life is an adventure, then let's be bold and go out and actually LIVE! Happy travelling!
We're the bridge across forever,
arching above the sea,
adventuring for our pleasure,
living mysteries for the fun of it,
choosing disasters, triumphs, challenges, impossible odds,
testing ourselves over and again,
learning love and love and LOVE!
~ Richard Bach (from "The Bridge Across Forever") ~
Can miles truly separate us from friends?
If you want to be with Rae, aren't you already there?
~ Richard Bach (from "There' No Such Place As Far Away) ~
Don't be dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.
~ Richard Bach ~
The brave man seeks not popular applause,
Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can,
Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.
~ John Dryden ~
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly
even when scared half to death.
~ Omar Bradley ~
There is a destiny that makes us brothers -
None goes his way alone;
All that which we send into the lives of others,
Comes back onto our own.
~ Edwin Markham ~
I am not afraid of storms,
for I am learning to sail my ship.
~ Louisa May Alcott ~
The purpose of life, after all,
is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~
Courage is the price that Life exacts
for granting peace.
~ Amelia Earhart ~
When we do the best that we can,
we never know what miracle is wrought
in our life, or in the life of another.
~ Helen Keller ~
The time is always right
to do what is right.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~
We need to remember that we are all created creative
and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.
~ Maya Angelou ~
Imagination
is the highest kite we can fly.
~ Lauren Bacall ~
Arriving at one goal
is the starting point to another.
~ John Dewey ~
What lies behind us
and what lies before us
are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much.
~ Helen Keller ~
Life
is either a daring adventure or nothing.
~ Helen Keller ~
Twenty years from now,
you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do,
than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbour.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
~ Mark Twain ~
I do the very best I know how -
the very best I can;
and I mean to keep on doing it until the end.
~ Abraham Lincoln ~
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world;
indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
~ Margaret Mead ~
Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one's courage.
~ Anais Nin ~
The human spirit is stronger
than anything that can happen to it.
~ George C. Scott ~
You have not lived a perfect day,
even though you have earned your money,
unless you have done something for someone
who will never be able to repay you.
~ Ruth Smeltzer ~