If you find yourself dreaming of outdoor adventures and some fresh mountain air, these outdoor quotes may provide just the inspiration you need to book that trip to the Great Smoky Mountains. We have curated this list of 40+ of our favorite outdoor quotes to inspire and motivate you as you plan your next adventure.
These words from some of the most noteworthy adventurers will definitely motivate you to get outside and hit the trails! We hope you feel a sense of awe and wonder as you experience the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and you remember the serenity found in nature and fresh air.
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” ― Dr. Seuss
“Live the life you’ve dreamed.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” – Ashley Smith
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Walt Whitman
“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air’s salubrity.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Alexander Supertramp Mccandless
“Through struggle to the stars.” – Latin Proverb
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old. We grow old because we stop hiking.” – Finis Mitchell
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Walking is a man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates
“Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot.” – Diane Spicer
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” – Anne Frank
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” – Henry David Thoreau
“The Earth has music for those who listen.” – William Shakespeare
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” – John Muir
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir
“The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.” – JRR Tolkien
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
At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling. -Unknown
“In my opinion, camping can be the greatest expression of free will, personal independence, innate ability, and resourcefulness possible today in our industrialized, urbanized existence. Regardless of how miserable or how splendid the circumstances, the sheer experience of camping seems a total justification for doing it.” ― Anne LaBastille
“You don’t have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it.” – Annie Dillard
“Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land, but instill in them even more respect for it, because educated people are in a position to understand what is being lost. The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. As I told the foresters, and the women, you don’t need a diploma to plant a tree.” — Wangari Maathai
“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
“I always liked fog, it lends such a soft, beautifying light to things that otherwise in the broad glare of day would be rude and commonplace.” ― Nellie Bly
“Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.”― Lorraine Anderson
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
“Nature literally has the power to heal. By slowing down and letting yourself notice the smell, sound and feel of nature, you become present, aware and often experience less stress. You become unbusy.” – Lettie Stratton
“Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty
“There is always an adventure waiting in the woods.”― Katelyn S. Bolds
“The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Unknown
“If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.” ― Unknown
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” ― Sir Edmund Hillary
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.” – Edward Abbey
“Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other…again and again and again. And if you allow yourself the opportunity to be present throughout the entirety of the trek, you will witness beauty every step of the way, not just at the summit” – Unknown
“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” ― Greg Child
“May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits” – Harley King
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” ― John Burroughs“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of woods before sunrise” – George Washington Carver“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
