25 Inspirational Hiking Quotes - Best Sayings About Walking in Nature

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Earl Shaffer

"Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care."

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Cindy Ross

"Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking. You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits."

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Sir Edmund Hillary

"It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

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G.M. Trevelyan

"After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value."

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Beverly Sills

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

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Mary Davis

“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.”

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Andy Rooney

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

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Dr. Seuss

“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.”

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Gary Snyder

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

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Unknown

“For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you."

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Carl Sagan

“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical.”

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Greg Child

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

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John Burroughs

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."

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John Muir

“Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world.”

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Henry David Thoreau

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees."

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John Muir

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt."

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Sir Edmund Hillary

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

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Terri Guillemets

“You need special shoes for hiking—and a bit of a special soul as well.”

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Unknown

“If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.

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John Muir

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."

Jessica Leigh Mattern is a web editor and writer who covers home, holiday, DIY, crafts, travel, and more lifestyle topics. Prior to working for Country Living, she wrote for several lifestyle and women’s magazines including Woman’s Day, Cosmopolitan, and Redbook

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