Hiking Quotes
If you are seeking a dose of motivation to get you out on the trail, look no further than this selection of inspirational hiking quotes. The perfect route is waiting for you and these quotes about hiking should help supply the desired spark to help you go find it!
Quotes About Hiking to Inspire & Motivate
As you have probably guessed by now, we have a bit of a love affair with hiking and nothing makes us happier than striding through nature’s wonders, breathing in clean, crisp air, while absorbing all that surrounds us.
We love this pastime for so many reasons; it clears the mind, fills the soul and gets you in great shape. What’s more, it helps inject a sense of living into the often monotonous day to day that so many of us endure.
Motivation to hit the trail is not usually a problem for us (strangely!) but we realise that this is not always the case for so many. This is why at Roaming Spices we endeavour to entice as many individuals into the great outdoors as we possibly can.
We do this with a variety of posts to assist those who are new to hiking to develop the knowledge, fitness and motivation to make this, not just a hobby, but a part of life. So, if you are looking for tips to get started, want to get in shape ahead of the game or want to know what hiking can really do for you, we have you covered!
For all you hikers, you may at times simply want to cast your eyes over a selection of inspirational hiking quotes to remind yourself why you took up this wonderful activity in the first place.
And for the non-hikers reading this post, may these quotes about hiking serve as the necessary tonic to turn a mild interest into a life-altering pursuit.
Inspiring Hiking Quotes – Prepare to be motivated!
1
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.“
– Andy Rooney
2
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
– Beverly Sills
3
“Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.”
– Carrie Latet
4
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.”
– Cindy Ross
5
“Go out, go out I beg of you and taste the beauty of the wild. Behold the miracle of the earth with all the wonder of a child.”
– Edna Jaques
6
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
– Edmund Hillary
7
“Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit.”
– Edward Abbey
8
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old –
We grow old because we stop hiking.”
– Finis Mitchel
9
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
– Frank A. Clark
10
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
11
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.”
– G.M. Trevelyan
12
“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
– Henry David Thoreau
13
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.”
– Hippocrates
14
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time
you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn.
Climb that goddamn mountain.”
– Jack Kerouac
15
“Hiking is not escapism; it’s realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong.”
– Jennifer Pharr Davis
Check out our selection of funny hiking quotes & captions. Which ones bring a smile to your face?
16
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.”
– John Burroughs
17
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
18
“Not all who wander are lost”
– JRR Tolkien
19
“On a hike, you’re less a job title and more a human being.”
– Ken Ilgunas
20
“Happiness walks on busy feet.”
– Kitte Turmell
21
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu
22
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.”
– Mary Davis
23
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.”
– Paulo Coelho
24
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
25
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.”
– Rosalia de Castro
26
“Hiking’s not for everyone. Notice the wilderness is mostly empty.”
– Sonja Yoerg
27
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.”
– Sylvia Plath
28
“You need special shoes for hiking – and a bit of a special soul as well.”
– Terry Guillemets
29
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
30
“The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot”
– Werner Herzog
Inspirational Hiking Quotes – Feeling a Little More Inspired?
Having cast your eyes over these inspirational hiking quotes, are you feeling a little more energised?
Do they in any way help you in rediscovering that tonic to get you back on the trail and fill your soul once more?
If you are considering getting into hiking for the first time, have they helped to reinforce your decision?
When compiling this list of inspiring hiking quotes, we decided to keep it to a manageable length and at the same time including just one hiking quote from any given individual. So, we spent some time sifting through the huge number out there to narrow it down to just 30 – a tough ask!
Do any of these quotes about hiking particularly resonate with you? If so, please let us know the one(s) and the reason why in the comment box below. It is always really interesting to know the quotes that strike a chord with different individuals and why.
If you have a favourite hiking quote that is not on our list, please do share…
If motivation for you is generated, not by perusing inspirational hiking quotes, but reading about actual experiences/trails, then our hiking destinations section is probably more your thing.
By the way, my favourite quote from this list is:
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.”
– Paulo Coelho
What’s yours?
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