Best Quotes for Hiking

[jjozgrunt]

There are some good quotes that people are using with signatures. John Muir seems pretty popular though I can't say I've ever read anything by him. Lets see what people can come up with which are hiking related. You may just find your next quote here.

"Why I Hike"

I walked in the mountains today,
My heart found beauty,
My mind found freedom,
And my soul found peace.

[Traveler]

"If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish." ~Charles Dickens

[Tuckahoe]

"It's just walking" --Lone Wolf

[daddytwosticks]

"How long does cheese last on the trail?" - Every new hiker.

[garlic08]

Mags, a moderator on this forum, compiled a list.

[OnThePath]

"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made of" -Bruce Lee

[kayak karl]

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright

[10-K]

Keep moving, nobody's coming to get you. - 10-k

[garlic08]

Here's a related list from Nimblewill Nomad.

[Rocket Jones]

Embrace the Suck.

[Rocket Jones]

The groves were God's first temples. -- William Cullen Bryant

[Pedaling Fool]

Sometimes after it feels liberating to just say: It is, what it is.

[Gambit McCrae]

Go everywhere
see everything
fear nothing

[bigcranky]

"I had better admit right away that walking can in the end become an addiction, and that it is then as deadly in its fashion as heroin or television or the stock exchange. But even in this final stage it remains a delectable madness, very good for sanity, and I recommend it with passion." (Colin Fletcher, The Complete Walker)

"When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet, the victim must first find in himself a good and sufficient reason for going. This to the practical bum is not difficult. He has a built-in garden of reasons to choose from." (John Steinbeck)

"The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot." (Thoreau)

[Sarcasm the elf]

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[Old Hiker]

Embrace the Suck.

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[meat803]

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

John Milton

[runt13]

The difference of a adventure and a catastrophe is your attitude, hike on! [from my grandfather]

RUNT '13''

[KillerKarma]

"I had better admit right away that walking can in the end become an addiction, and that it is then as deadly in its fashion as heroin or television or the stock exchange. But even in this final stage it remains a delectable madness, very good for sanity, and I recommend it with passion." (Colin Fletcher, The Complete Walker)

"When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet, the victim must first find in himself a good and sufficient reason for going. This to the practical bum is not difficult. He has a built-in garden of reasons to choose from." (John Steinbeck)

"The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot." (Thoreau)

What Steinbeck work is this quote from?

[Hoofit]

American Indian proverb....

Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins..............