Dan Bilzerian Quotes

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

I climbed nine mountains because I love adventure, and I got addicted to that feeling and I never wanted to stop. I wanted to see what I could accomplish. I finally can say that I stood on top of the world.

One thing that I'm continually reminded of is just to always find something that will challenge you in a new way, a very new way, and that's not the easiest of roads, but it's the most exciting.

There's no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It's experiencing the climb itself - in all its moments of revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue - that has to be the goal.

I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.

What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself.

I'm really a believer in being in situations that feel new and awkward and different. And I love that feeling of being in motion - that sense you find when you're traveling.

It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.

It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.

We in middle age require adventure.

I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before.

I want to keep learning, keep exploring, keep doing more.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

I would like, certainly, to do different things.

I believe if you are not rediscovering yourself and pushing boundaries, then you are not alive.

Why climb? That's a question that baffles me. It perplexes me. I really asked that a lot on Everest. I can't justify it. I can't say it's for a good cause. All I can say is look at the history of exploration: it's full of vainglorious pursuits.

A lot of people ask me, 'What is your goal now that you have done everything?' And I always say that my goal is to not be bored by what I do. The only way that I cannot be bored by what I do is if I play something and it's all new to me.

I'm done with Everest. I did it three times, and I need to be good at that and be happy with it and focus on other climbs.

If you don't try out new things, then you will be left behind.

It is always thrilling to attempt something new and it feels great when your efforts are awarded positively.