Hiking Quotes
Midwest kids got to summer camp. There is something very special about being away from your parents for the first time, sleeping under the stars, hiking and canoeing.
If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.
Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.
When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.
The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.
Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.
A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.
In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.
The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.
In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns.
What really helps motivate me to walk are my dogs, who are my best pals. They keep you honest about walking because when it's time to go, you can't disappoint those little faces.
It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext.
Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb the mountain, you will slay the dragon. You're going to get to her somehow, some way.
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings.
I love to exercise outside in the fresh air and sun: hiking, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, and jogging.
Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.
I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.
Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing.
I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
