The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."
Daniel J. Boorstin

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.
Alfred North Whitehead

The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.
Billy Graham

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t.
William Trogdon

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
Roberto Assagioli

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth.
Peter Straub

This land may be profitable to those that will adventure it.
Henry Hudson

To die will be an awfully big adventure.
James M. Barrie

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
Valentina Tereshkova

To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. Rowling

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. Rowling

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.
Ella Maillart

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.
Jan Morris

Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested.
Michelle Rodriguez

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.
John Grierson

We in middle age require adventure.
Carolyn Heilbrun

We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.
Lucy Lawless

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

We love because it's the only true adventure.
Nikki Giovanni