Reinhold Messner Quotes

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.

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

Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.

I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.

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.

The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.

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.

No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

We in middle age require adventure.

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

The most adventurous I've been was doing Raleigh International when I was 20.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Always trying new things is always more fun, and it can be scary, but it's always more fun in the end.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors.

You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.

I love when I am outside my comfort zone.

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

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

Don't be afraid to try something new.

Life is an affirmation, not a defamation. Life means living. Life means taking that one tiny or giant leap beyond what you know you can do, or simply beyond what you know. It is in these moments that we live.

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.