You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me read more

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, read more

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

. . . and now expecting
Each hour their great adventurer, from the search
Of foreign words.

. . . and now expecting
Each hour their great adventurer, from the search
Of foreign words.

He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says
Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses read more

He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says
Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse
and mule.
[Fr., Qui ne s'adventure n'a cheval ny mule, ce dist Salomon.--
Qui trop, dist Echephron, s'adventure--perd cheval et mule,
respondit Malcon.]

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.