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  • Where is the "unexplored land" but in our own untried enterprises? To an adventurous spirit any place--London, New York, Worcester, or his own yard--is "unexplored land," to seek which Frémont and Kane travel so far. To a sluggish and defeated spirit even the Great Basin and the Polaris are trivial places.

    Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.277, Jazzybee Verlag
  • A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.

    Romance   Tasks   Merit  
    Joseph Conrad (2015). “A Personal Record”, p.87, Booklassic
  • Quite often, the people who do leave their own nation and come to an unknown destination, like the United States, are inherently adventurous, so we've had that adventurous spirit that has embedded itself collectively in the American consciousness.

    Interview with Andrea Useem, bigthink.com. November 30, 2010.
  • There is a strong conservative instinct in the average man or woman, born of the hereditary fear of life, that prompts them to cling to old standards, or, if too intelligent to look inhospitably upon progress, to move very slowly. Both types are the brakes and wheelhorses necessary to a stable civilization, but history, even current history in the newspapers, would be dull reading if there were no adventurous spirits willing to do battle for new ideas.

    Strong   Reading   Moving  
  • The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

  • The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.

    Adventure   Passion   Men  
    In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992 in "Back to the Wild" by Chris McCandless and Mary Ellen Barnes, (2nd ed.), Twin Star Press, (pp. 135-137), 2013.
  • I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

    Adventure   Doors   Looks  
    Twitter post from May 05, 2013
  • I'm young at heart. I'm young in spirit, and I'm still adventurous.

    "The Real Sonia Sotomayor". "NBC Today Show" with Savannah Guthrie, nbclearn.com. January 15, 2013.
  • The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    Letter to Russell Fritz, April 1992.
  • ...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

  • So far as inland discovery was concerned, the adventurous spirit of the English was that of sailors who land but for a day, and their enterprise the enterprise of traders.

    Discovery   Land   Sailor  
    Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Excursions and Poems : The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume V (of 20)”, p.68, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
  • I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.

    Thinking   Order   Law  
    Source: medium.com
  • This is one of the results of that adventurous spirit which is now stalking forth and raging for its own innovations. We have not only rejected AUTHORITY, but have also cast away EXPERIENCE; and often the unburthened vessel is driving to all points of the compass, and the passengers no longer know whither they are going. The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by QUOTATION.

    Wise   Innovation   Age  
  • There's a fine line between being a sicko and an adventurous spirit.

  • So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.

    Letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992.
  • So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,for each day to have a new and different sun.

  • So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation.

    In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992.
  • Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be alone amongst friends and to find ourselves in a land without man.

    Men   Land   Stories  
    "The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory". Book by Peter Gillman and Leni Gillman, June 29, 2000.
  • Jesus Christ demands the same unrestrained, adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him that the natural man exhibits. If a person is ever going to do anything worthwhile, there will be times when he must risk everything by his leap in the dark.

    Jesus   Dark   Men  
    Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.320, Discovery House
  • But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.

    Letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992.
  • Jeri Brown has it all - adventurous spirit, superb musicianship, and technique to spare.

  • There are some of us who are just born with a more adventurous spirit than others. There are lots of people who would rather do the same thing, and she just was never that.

    "Lizzy Caplan Talks MASTERS OF SEX, Her Real-Life Counterpart, Going to Work and Watching People Pretend to Have Sex, and More". Interview with Christina Raddish, collider.com. October 5, 2013.
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