Quotations thread

[Doc]

Here's a few I like:


“Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally.”
-John Muir



“…in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in the streets or villages…in the woods we return to reason and faith.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

What's yours?

"To the dull mind nature is leaden.
To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light"

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[Stew]

"There is always a certain risk in being alive, and if you are more alive there is more risk"
Henrik Ibsen

 

[Stew]

and one that I first heard at a lecture by Alan Hinkes, the British mountaineer.

“Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime.
Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.”
Edward Whymper

 

[RovingArcher]

"...and in the end, when I can no longer draw the bow or watch the arrow embark it's flight; when alas I possess only the spirit of the hunter, I will hunt...if only in my dreams...because the hunt is born amidst my soul, and I...I am a hunter."

Peter Lacavazzi

 

[EdS]

"Bl**dy Land Rovers, now whats broken" - Many, many people

 

[TheViking]

Hi...

"Even the longest journey begins with a step"

 

[EdS]

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in a hour...

Augories of Innocence - Wiliam Blake

 

[TheViking]

Hi...

"I don't know with what weapons the 3rd world war will be fought, but I know that the 4th will be fought with clubs".
Albert Einstein

 

[TheViking]

Hi again...

"When the wind of changes blows, there is two type of people: the ones who build shelters and the ones who build windmills."

 

[al]

"ramble on " robert plant and jimmy page

 

[Gary]

You'd s**g the crack of dawn if you got up early enough!

My old sgt major.

Or

Never share a shell scrape with anybody braver than yourself!


Sorry if that offended anyone! :?:

 

[al]

I'm going away to a far distant land
I'm going away for a while
But I'll return to you my love
I'll go ten thousand miles

The sun will dry up the ocean
Heavens will cease to be
The world will lose it's motion
If I prove false to thee
kelly joe phelps, taken from a traditional song" lass of loch royal",which i`ll add is exellent

 

[Ma Ding]

G'day
Needed to share this one

Out of step with the crowd since i was young
By nature i love the mountains
Once by chance snared in the world's net:
Now i have lost thirty years.
Caged birds cry for their native woods.
Pooled fish long for deep waters....

 

[sargey]

to not know a thing and ask the question, is to know a moment of shame.

to not know a thing, not ask the question, and remain ignorant, is to know a liftime of shame.

i hve no idea where i read it.....

cheers, and.

 

[jamesdevine]

My husband is a real outdoor survival expert. For the last three months he has lived in a den on the riverbank, and eaten nothing but fish which he catchs himself by diving underwater.

Mind you he is a Otter

Mrs Otter, River Exe, Devon.
(Letter to Viz Mag 1995) As quoted in The Book of the Bivvy Chp 7

"The treasures of this world-Flashy jackets, walking poles, the satellite GPS navigator- cause only grief and envy. The abscence of a marble palace or a flexible-pole domeline tent may be more enjoyable than the proud possession of it."
The book of The Bivvy Ronald Turnbull

 

[MarkG]

There was a young girl from france who.....

 

[TheViking]

Hi...

What about some latins??

''Sapere Aude''

Roughly translated it would be something with: have the courage to use your own intellect...

 

[AntarcticFire]

One of my favourites is:

"I banish fear with two words; you lead!" - Some Climber.

 

[Hogan]

Hi...

What about some latins??

Is 'Hakuna Matata' latin?

 

[Hogan]

So many quotes, so little time....

"I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member"
Groucho Mark

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can from a wise answer"

and a personal favourite...

"I've got a luvverly bunch of coconuts"