Venturing Out Quotes

The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for.

When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?" -Donald Miller,Through Painted Deserts

A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats.

Once people feel comfortable with something, they say, 'Let's try it.'

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

I rarely know too much about anything I'm getting involved in.

I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.

I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

Well as giraffes say, you don't get no leaves unless you stick your neck out.

Risk is the essence of any reward - to try the thing that no one else is willing to try.

People get so scared to try things.

I like when people take chances.

Getting anything off the ground is going to require a little bit of risk. That risk starts with sharing the idea.

Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.

If you start worrying about risks, you might as well stay inside the womb.

Getting out of the comfortable path, that's what exploration is all about.

It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.

He that is over-cautious will accomplish but very little.

I'm becoming more adventurous.