Jon Krakauer Quotes

Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration of life.

Live the life you've dreamed.

This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.

Each day that you're moving toward your dreams without compromising who you are, you're winning

Sometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once. 'There is a bridge that links what I do with what I would like to do,' he thinks. Slowly, his dreams take over his everyday life, and then he realises that he is ready for the thing he always wanted. Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.

Dreams fulfilled are imperfect.

Who needs a dream? Who needs ambition? Who'd be the fool in my position? Once I had dreams, now they're obsessions. Hopes became needs, lovers possessions. Then they move in, oh so discretely. Slowly at first, smiling too sweetly. I opened doors, they walked right through them. Called me their friend, I hardly knew them... Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Times have been good, fast, entertaining. But what's the point if I'm concealing not only love, all other feeling.

Run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal.

Let's start anew. Life is goals - Purpose-Attempts - Struggle-Dreams and Accomplishmenties. It sounds confusing (my fault), but it's actually simple.

Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail or succeed, but it doesn't work like that.

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here.

I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.

You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.

I don't feel like I've hit my stride. So I wonder what the moment will be when I get to be who I want to be.

You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life.

I think that's when life began for me: when I started to follow my dreams.

When I first moved to Austin in January of 2000, I went out drinking and smoking every single night for a year. And it was really fun at first, but then I started to feel kind of weird because, before I moved here, I had a vision of myself becoming a new person once I lived in Austin. I just hadn't realized that person might be Nick Nolte.

Man is what his dreams are.

The beauty is that it's all a part of this wonderful dream I had in college. It's beautiful to see what it's turned into. It's the journey that I'm most proud of.

The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.

Life is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.

Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.

There is no pressure when you are making a dream come true.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.