Hiking is a great way to get outdoors and embrace nature. Take a much needed escape from the city with the wise and insightful hiking quotes below.
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings.John Muir
0
There are two kinds of climbers, those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.Alex Lowe
0
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied—it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.Ansel Adams
0
Set loose, a child would run down the paths, scramble up the rocks, lie on the earth. Grown-ups more often let their minds do the running, scrambling, and lying, but the emotion is shared. It feels good to be here.David Miller
0
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.Raymond Inmon
0
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.John Muir
0
Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.Nemann Buhl
0
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.John Muir
0
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.Edward Abbey
0
You need mountains, long staircases don't make good hikers.Amit Kalantri
0
I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here.Wislawa Szymborska
0
Mountains are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.Anatoli Boukreev
0
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountainhe is inspired by it.William Artur Ward
0
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.John Muir
0
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.Paul D. Boyer
0
Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.Jack Kerouac
0
You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves.Lito Tejada-Flores
0
Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.Anatoli Boukreev
0
I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was a place I never had to go, for this earth was greater than any paradise.Daniel J. Rice
0
Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.William Blake
0
On a hike, the days pass with the wind, the sun, the stars; movement is powered by a belly full of food and water, not a noxious tankful of fossil fuels. On a hike, you're less a job title and more a human being. A periodic hike not only stretches the limbs but also reminds us: Wow, there's a big old world out there.Ken Ilgunas
0
Climbing is as close as we can come to flying.Margaret Young
0
The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.Sam Cummings
0
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.John Muir
0
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.Ralph Waldo Emerson
0
Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot.Diane Spicer
0
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.Henry David Thoreau
0
You need special shoes for hiking—and a bit of a special soul as well.Terri Guillemets
0
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
0
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.Dag Hammarskjold
0
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.John Muir
0
Trekking means a travelling experience with a thrilling excitement.Amit Kalantri
0
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
0
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.Greg Child
0
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.Sir Edmund Hillary
0
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.John Ruskin
0
It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.Sir Edmund Hillary
0
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
0
Remember that time spent on a rock climb isn't subtracted from your life span.Will Niccolls
0
When preparing to climb a mountain—pack a light heart.Dan May
0
Hiking is the best workout! You can hike for three hours and not even realize you're working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.Jamie Luner
0
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.Ed Viesturs
0
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.Frank Lloyd Wright
0
Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing.Jonathan Waterman
0
After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value.George Macauley Trevelyan
0
The mountains are calling and I must go.John Muir
0
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
0
Hiking is just walking where it's okay to pee.Demetri Martin
0
Just walkin', hiking the streets of the sky.Bruce Springsteen
0
If it's going hiking then I'm going hiking. To the other places that we never had.Animal Collective
0
I have reached the conclusion while hiking the pike though I try and I try.Barry Manilow
0
Start your hiking mile and stay away.King Virtue
0
I'm looking at the top I'm just eyeing the spot and I just keep climbing I been hiking a lot.Kēvens
0
Hiking in the mountains, romantic rendezvous.Toni Braxton
0
Tasting smells and colors, hiking mounts crossing rivers. Humble biped you've come undone.Stereolab
0
Need a hiking trip to get where I live.Big K.R.I.T.
0
Be easy now, go hiking through the hills in a summer gown Raise the kids, peace within and make our sound.Empire of the Sun
0
Losing all sense of proportion is one of the inevitable consequences of hiking in the mountains for any extended period of time.John Kaag
0
Every good hike brings you eventually back home.John Gookin