There’s something about being in nature that instantly makes you feel better. Maybe it’s the fresh air, the sound of the birds chirping, or the smell of pine trees in the forest. Whatever it is, we can all agree that there’s something special about spending time outside and getting active in nature.
In case you need some extra motivation to get outside and hike this summer, we’ve put together a list of our favorite hiking quotes. From explorers like John Muir and Clara Barton to modern-day hikers like Cheryl Strayed and Bill Bryson, these quotes will inspire you to get moving! So pack your bags and get ready for an adventure. Here are 200 of the best hiking quotes to keep you inspired and motivated.
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1. “The best way to find out what we really need is by removing the things that don’t belong in our lives.” -Unknown
2. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”- John Muir
3. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
4. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”- John Muir
5. “An hour’s walk each day will keep the doctor away.”- Unknown
6. “I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless I spend four hours a day at least – and it is commonly more than that – sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.”- Henry David Thoreau
7. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understanding and our hearts.”- William Wordsworth
9. “In wildness is the preservation of the world.”- Henry David Thoreau
10. “There is a love of wilderness in every heart.”- Gertrude Standard
11. “The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.”- Jacqueline Schiff
12. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.”- Chief Seattle
13. “Not all who wander are lost.”- J. R. R. Tolkien
14. “The sound of water says what I think.”- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
15. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”- John Muir
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16. “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”- John Muir
17. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”- John Muir
18. “Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”- John Muir
19. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
20. “The mountains are calling and I must go.”- John Muir
21. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”- William Shakespeare
22. “In Nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”- Alice Walker
23. “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”- Friedrich Nietzsche
24. “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”- Robert Louis Stevenson
25. “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”- John Muir
26. “Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”- Khalil Gibran
27. “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”- Vincent van Gogh
28. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
29. “Looking at beautiful pictures is like looking at beautiful mountains; after a while, you get tired of it.”- Sam Keen
30. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
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31. “We need the tonic of wildness…At its best, then, wildness is a challenge to our complacency.”- Wallace Stegner
32. “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
33. “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”- Henry David Thoreau
34. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
35. “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more.”- Lord Byron
36. “Wilderness is not a luxury but necessity of the human spirit.”- Edward Abbey
37. “We need nature to shape our spirits.”- Kim Stanley Robinson
38. “In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
39. ” Nature is my best friend because it is always there when I need it.”- unknown
40. “I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless I spend four hours a day at least – and it is commonly more than that – sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.”- Henry David Thoreau
41. “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”- Rachel Carson
42. “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”- Joseph Campbell
43. “The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.”- J.R.R. Tolkien
44. “The more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.”- Wendell Berry
45. “You can’t be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.”- Mary Oliver
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46. “In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
47. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”- Beverly Sills
48. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”- John Burroughs
49. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”- John Muir
50. “And into the forest, I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”- unknown
51. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”- Aristotle
52. “The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.”- Theodore Roosevelt
53. “A man does not stand tall until he is first on his knees.”- Gena Hamshaw
54. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately… 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
55. “The greatest pleasure of life is love.”- Euripides
56. “People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.”- St. Augustine
57. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”- African proverb
58. “We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understanding and our heart.”- William Wordsworth
59. “The more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.”- Wendell Berry
60. “Hiking and trekking is full of life” -Unknown
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61. “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”- Henry David Thoreau
62. “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not to man the less, but Nature more.”- Lord Byron
63. “A walk in nature walks the soul back home.”- Mary Davis
64. “The faith that stands on authority is not faith.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
65. “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.”- Anne Frank
66. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”- Albert Einstein
67. “We return to Nature, not because she shows us how to live in harmony with our fellow human beings, but because she shows us how to live in harmony with ourselves.”- Henry David Thoreau
68. “Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice; but for those who love, time is eternity.”- Henry Van Dyke
69. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
70. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”- Beverly Sills
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1. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.”- Chief Seattle
2. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”- Lao Tzu
3. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”- Ernest Hemingway
4. “Not all those who wander are lost.”- J.R.R. Tolkien
5. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.”- Anais Nin
6. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I … I took the one less traveled by.”- Robert Frost
7. “Your true travel companion is neither best friend nor lover, but rather yourself.”- vectorolie
8. “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.”- Paulo Coelho
9. “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.”- Danny Kaye
10. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”- Augustine of Hippo
11. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”- African proverb
12. “We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understanding and our heart.”- William Wordsworth
13. “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”- Henry David Thoreau
14. “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not to man the less, but Nature more.”- Lord Byron
15. “A walk in nature walks the soul back home.”- Mary Davis
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1. “I’m great in a crisis, but I totally fall apart when things are going well.”- Ellen DeGeneres
2. “I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”- Fred Allen
3. “Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.”- Sarah Ban Breathnach
4. “I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.”- A. Whitney Brown
5. “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”- Dale Carnegie
6. “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”- Mark Twain
7. “Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, and have no regrets. Life is too short to be anything but happy.”- Unknown
8. “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”- Woody Allen
9. “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”- Mark Twain
10. “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”- Mark Twain
11. “I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”- Groucho Marx
12. “I’m not funny. What I am is brave.”- Lucille Ball
best friend hiking quotes
1. “A best friend is someone who loves you when you forget to love yourself.”- Unknown
2. “A best friend is the one person you can’t stay mad at for too long.”- Unknown
3. “A best friend is somebody who knows everything about you but still loves you anyway.”- Unknown
4. “Best friends are the people in your life that make you laugh louder, smile brighter, and live better.”- Unknown
5. “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”- Albert Camus
6. “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.”- Mencius
7. “I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk away, don’t be distracted, don’t be too busy or tired, and don’t take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.”- Jon Katz
8. “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”- Hubert H. Humphrey
9. “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”- Henry Ford
10. “A best friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.”- Irish Proverb
11. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”- Thomas Aquinas
12. “Best friends listen to what you don’t say.”- Unknown
13. “A best friend is someone who makes you laugh even when you think you’ll never smile again.”- Unknown
14. “Best friends are the people in your life that make you laugh louder, smile brighter, and live better.”- Unknown
15. “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.”- Unknown
best mountain hiking quotes
1. “The best view comes after the hardest climb.”- Unknown
2. “We don’t stop hiking because we grow old, we grow old because we stop hiking.”- Finis Mitchell
3. “A mountain is comprised of tiny stones, each one contributing to the mass and stability of the whole.”- Unknown
4. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”- John Muir
5. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”- Edmund Hillary
6. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”- Ernest Hemingway
7. “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”- A.A. Milne
8. “If I can see the joy in the morning, then I can survive anything that the day might bring.”- Unknown
9. “The best therapy for anything is time in nature.”- John Muir
10. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.”- Chief Seattle
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1. “Hiking is the best workout!… You burn a few calories and have a great view!”- Carrie Underwood
2. “My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch… I call it lunch.”- Unknown
3. “I’m in shape. Round is a shape.”- Unknown
4. “I really don’t like exercising. But I like how I feel after I do it.”- Unknown
5. “Of course I have a beautiful body! I live in the mountains!”- Unknown
6. “I don’t always sweat, but when I do, it smells like roses.”- Unknown
7. “I’m not saying that I hate exercise, but sometimes it’s just so hard to motivate myself.”- Unknown
8. “I’m not lazy, I’m on energy saving mode.”- Unknown
9. “I tried exercising but found that it was incompatible with my lifestyle.”- Unknown
10. “I don’t need an excuse to go on a hike.”- Unknown
11. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”- Sir Ranulph Fiennes
12. “One step at a time is good walking.”- Chinese Proverb
hiking quotes for couples
1. ” Hiking together is the best way to reconnect and remember why you’re together in the first place.”- Unknown
2. “The couple that hikes together, stays together.”- Unknown
3. “Hiking is the best date ever.”- Unknown
4. “I love hiking with my partner because it’s a great way to bond and connect with each other.”- Unknown
5. ” hiking together is a great way to explore new places and create new memories.”- Unknown
6. “My favorite part of hiking with my partner is getting to hold hands and be close to each other while enjoying the scenery.”- Unknown
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1. “Hiking is the best way to forget your problems and enjoy the beauty of nature.”- Unknown
2. “The best therapy for anything is time in nature.”- John Muir
3. “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
4. “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”- Robert Frost
mountaineering trekking quotes
1. ” mountaineering is the art of suffering.”- Steve House
2. ” mountaineering is a sport of problem-solving where the solution often turns out to be endurance.”- Scott Jurek
3. ” mountaineering is an exercise in how much you can suffer and still keep going.”- Mark Twight
4. ” mountaineering is all about risk and how you manage it.”- Ed Viesturs
5. ” mountaineering is as much an art as it is a science.”- Conrad Anker
6. ” mountaineering is the art of suffering turned into a game.”- Ueli Steck
7. ” mountaineering is one of the few sports where the more you suffer, the more fun you have.”- Dave Hahn
8. ” mountaineering is all about managing risk and making good decisions.”- Scott McNair
9. ” mountaineering is an inherently dangerous sport and there is always risk involved.”- Alex Honnold
10. ” mountaineering is a game of inches.”- Ed Viesturs
11. ” mountaineering is all about pushing yourself to your limits and seeing what you’re made of.”- Sasha DiGiulian
12. ” mountaineering is as much a mental game as it is a physical one.”- mountaineer
13. ” mountaineering is an excellent way to learn more about yourself and what you’re capable of.”- mountaineer
nature trekking quotes
1. ” nature trekking is the best way to forget your problems and enjoy the beauty of nature.”- Unknown
2. ” nature trekking is a great way to get some exercise and fresh air.”- Unknown
3. ” nature trekking is a great way to bond with friends and family.”- Unknown
4. ” nature trekking is a great way to explore new places.”- Unknown
5. ” nature trekking is the perfect way to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.”- Unknown
6. ” nature trekking is an excellent way to clear your mind and relax.”- Unknown
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solo hiking quotes
1. ” Solo hiking is the best way to get in touch with nature and your own thoughts.”- Unknown
2. ” Solo hiking is a great way to get some exercise and fresh air.”- Unknown
3. ” Solo hiking is a great way to bond with yourself and nature.”- Unknown
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short hiking quotes
1. ” Short hikes are the best way to get motivated to hike.”- Unknown
2. ” Short hiking quotes are a great way to get some inspiration for your next hike.”- Unknown
3. ” Short hiking; a great way to bond with nature and your own thoughts.”- Unknown
I hope you have enjoyed reading some of the best hiking quotes here. I would love to know which saying is your favorite and why? Waiting for your responses in the comment section. Thank you…
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