John Eldredge Quotes

There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom.

I was a bit of a wild boy - always swimming and exploring the mountains.

I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.

Life is about daring to carry out your ideas. And for me, it always comes back to the wilderness, nature, mountains.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

What greater delight and wonder can there be than to leave the straight lines of personality and deviate into these footpaths that lead beneath brambles and thick tree trunks into the heart of the forest where live those wild beasts, our fellow men? That is true: to escape is the greatest of pleasures; street haunting in winter the greatest of adventures.

The risk is only in the outcome. You're going on a journey. You're going somewhere to play. And at that time, it felt right to spend that 11 or 12 days exploring this kind of role because it was so different and so challenging for me. It was really exciting to be able to show people, "Look, this is very different. Isn't it interesting?"

Perhaps I am meant to swim in deep waters.... better deep than shallow!

The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better feel for faithfulness than the timid man who hides behind the law and never finds out who he is at all.

To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there."

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

Every so often, let your spirit of adventure triumph over your good sense.

As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. And I had rather go down in the glory and grandeur of the storm, than rot in any orthodox harbor.

You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.

Historically, Alaska is a place that has attracted those fed up with conventionality.

Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.

I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.

I think that what I'm attracted to is people who are wild. But the self-destructive side comes out of the wild side. The wildness is very different from me. That's why I think I like it.

I rode 300 miles through the forest and ate all sorts of strange food. And every time 'Torak' did something new, like swimming with killer whales or kayaking, I thought I'd better go and do it.

I'm surfing the giant life wave.

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.

Take a walk on the wild side.

I like walking on the edge.