Unique Quotes About Trekking That Will Inspire Adventure

Crisp air, a long magical journey, a scenic view — sounds like an epic trekking adventure about to take foot. Whether you’re exploring sunny Southern California, hiking through the orangish red brushstrokes of Zion National Park, or trekking through a the wilderness of a new country, exploring the great outdoors is marvelous. One of the best ways I found to get inspired for trekking adventures is to read motivational quotes about trekking.

In fact, the art of trekking is all about the beautiful journey taken by foot. Admiring the gorgeous wilderness while you complete an arduous journey. What better way to start this journey than on the computer? Beneath, you’ll find a stellar list of trekking quotes I’ve curated to inspire adventure, wanderlust and an appreciation of the outdoors.

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Best quotes about trekking

The cream of the crop, the tip of the top, the sprinkles on a birthday cake… here are some of the best quotes about trekking.

“The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.” – Sam Cummings

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.” – Andy Rooney

“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” – Sir Martin Conway

“No matter the risks we take, we always consider the end to be too soon, even though in life, more than anything else, quality should be more important than quantity.” – Alex Honnold

“I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.” – Alice Walker

“The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.” – Werner Herzog

“The long distance hiker, a breed set apart, From the likes of the usual pack. He’ll shoulder his gear, be hittin’ the trail; long gone, long ‘fore he’ll be back.” – M.J. Eberhart

“All great achievements require time.”  – Maya Angelou

“You may be a little cold some nights on mountain tops above the timber-line, but you will see the stars, and by and by you can sleep enough in your town bed. or at least in your grave. Keep awake while you may in mountain mansions so rare.”― John Muir

Inspirational hiking quotes

Need a little extra motivation to take the first step outdoors? Get some inspiration into your system with the hiking quotes below and if you’re craving more click here click here for a full list of inspirational quotes about hiking.

“I looked up the way I was going and back the way I come and since I wasn’t satisfied I stepped off and [found] me a new path.” – Maya Angelou

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

“The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” – Robert M. Pirsig

“Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey

“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

“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.” – George Bernard Shaw

“The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.” – Jeanne Moreau

Short hiking quotes

Short. Easy. Sweet and to the point. These short quotes also work well for trekking captions on Instagram.

“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.“ – Mary Davis

“You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.” – John Muir

“How wild it was, to let it be.” – Cheryl Strayed

“Nothing will work unless you do.”  – Maya Angelou

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.“ – Gary Snyder

“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions.” – Karen Blixon

“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien

Mountaineering trekking quotes

I know some of you out there love to play harder in the outdoors than the rest of us. (Ah-hem, my partner, Evan … secretly smiling because I love that about him.) For those who would rather climb a vertical cliff than hike along a river, these trekking quotes are for you — travel slowly, and enjoy the climb!

“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” – Greg Child

“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

“Mountain climbing is long periods of boredom interspersed with a few seconds of sheer terror.” – Unknown

“If you want to train for big mountain endeavors, spend time in big mountains.” – Jimmy Chin

“Nothing lives long, only the earth and mountains.” – Dee Brown

“Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

“But the objective, the people ask, the meaning, the goal? There is no meaning, there is no goal. Mountaineering is as meaningless as life itself – and thus its magic will never die.” – Peter Wessel Zapffe

“The choices we make lead up to actual experiences. It is one thing to decide to climb a mountain. It is quite another to be on top of it.” – Herbert A. Simon

Trekking quotes for Instagram

Set the vibes with the perfect quote for your perfect selfie.

“Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

“If the winter is too cold and the summer is too hot, you are not a hiker.”

“Happiness is hiking with friends.”

“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis

“Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.”— James Dyson

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Hiking adventure quotes

Let the call of the unknown wash over you and elevate your being. These quotes will help you envision the best adventure you can have while exploring the wilderness.

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A. Clark

“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

“You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” ― Maya Angelou

“Hiking is not for everyone. Notice the wilderness is mostly empty.” – Sonja Yoerg

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin

“There’s no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It’s experiencing the climb itself – in all its moments of revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue – that has to be the goal.” – Karyn Kusama

“Success is loving life and daring to live it.” – Maya Angelou

Mountain hiking quotes

Mountains are an extraordinary site for trekking, and teach us about the beautiful intricacies of life. Here’s famous quotes about what we’ve learned from various peaks and cliffs.

“Mountains slowly change, but they will always be there, defining Freedom.” ― Foster Kinn

“Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was.” – Dag Hammarskjold

“I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.” – Andrew Garfield

“Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.” – Robert Macfarlane

“The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far.” – Paulo Coelho

“We cannot lower the mountain, therefore we must elevate ourselves” – Todd Skinner

Trekking with friends quotes

Going out trekking with a friend always elevates the journey. In case your friend doesn’t want to go, here are some friend quotes to convince them to go with you.

“Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.” – Emily Wing Smith

“It’s not how many miles you walk, it’s how many smiles you share.”

“Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

 “In life, it’s not where you go, it’s who you travel with.” – Charles Schulz

“A good friend knows all your stories. A best friend helped you create them.” – Unknown

“We were together. I forget the rest.” – Walt Whitman

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller

“It doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you.”

“Good friends are like stars, you don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown

“Let’s travel together and get lost in beautiful places.”

“I will not let you go into the unknown alone.” – Bram Stoker

Hiking quotes for couples

Let’s be real, trekking is super cute when done with your stunning significant other. I know whenever Evan and I venture outdoors on a grand trek it always rekindle our connection, love and romance. Grow closer on a trek inspired by these couple quotes.

“Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.” – E.A. Bucchianeri

“We like to wander where the WiFi is weak.”

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

“On top of the world with this one.”

“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” – Antoine Desaint-Exupery

“Together is my favorite place to be.”

“On a tree-mendous hike with you.”

“I’ve fallen in love with adventures, so I begin to wonder, if that’s why I’ve fallen for you.” – E. Grin

“Any day spent with you is my favorite day.” – Winnie the Pooh

“What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault

“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

“Like every mountain you’re about to challenge, step deliberately and walk bravely into love.” – Unknown

“Instead of Netflix and chill, we watch sunsets on a hill.”

“I have found out there is no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain

Happy trails quotes

One of my mantras is to choose joy, and it really makes for a totally unique and fun trekking adventure every time. Here are some quotes to help you embrace the joy and fun of trekking.

“There is always an adventure waiting in the woods.” – Katelyn S. Bolds

“It feels good to be lost in the right direction” – Unknown

“I’ve had rainbows in my clouds.”― Maya Angelou

“Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realize how important it is to use the time I have.” – Viggo Mortensen

“Without adversity, we will fail to exercise our faith.”- Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

“If you never get off-trail you never discover new landscapes.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Human beings are like some plants. If we pause a few seconds in our journey, we begin setting down roots, tendrils that entangle other people as we ourselves are entangled.” ― Maya Angelou

“I was learning to follow myself.” – Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir

“I was no longer following a trail.

Nature walks quotes

Nature is described as a mother for a reason — let these quotes help you explore the reason why and enhance your wellness by spending time outdoors. For more wellness tips and tricks to use when traveling, read this post on the top wellness habits for travelers.

“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”  – Maya Angelou

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.’“ – Alice Walker

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees.” – Henry David Thoreau

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir

“There is a true yearning to respond to the singing river and wise rock.”― Maya Angelou

“Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” – Carrie Latet

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.” – Walt Whitman

More quotes about trekking, travel and beyond

That’s the round up of the best trekking quotes! Use them to inspire your next outdoor adventure, and get outside.

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