Inspiration is excellent; it shakes us up and reminds us of what’s truly important in life. So why not find a quote or two and use it as your mantra; it will help you escape on adventures and stay motivated. We compiled a list of 230+ funny and inspirational hiking quotes for you to enjoy.
We also broke down this list into sections so it is easier to navigate. With 230+ hiking quotes in one place, you are guaranteed to find the one that resonates with you the most.
Many of the quotes have several meanings. They relate not just to hiking but also to other areas of life. So don’t rush; take your time to contemplate. There are grains of wisdom everywhere.
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- Hiking Quotes for Her
- Friends Hiking Quotes
- Hiking Quotes for Couples in Love
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- Henry David Thoreau Hiking Quotes
- Dr. Seuss Hiking Quotes
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Funny Hiking Quotes
1. “I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” – G.M. Trevelyan
2. “Wow. Thank you, but I’m not homeless. I’m a backpacker.” – Boots McFarland
3. “I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.” – Noel Coward
4. “We?”
“You and me, yes.”
“The two of us hiking to Condor Peak? Alone?”
“I wasn’t planning on inviting the bear along, but if you think we need a chaperone..” – Jenn Bennett
5. “Instead of Netflix and chill, we watch sunsets on a hill.” – Unknown
6. “Hiking side effects include sweating, euphoria and general awesomeness.” – Unknown
7. “Life’s better when you add fresh air, a warm campfire, brights stars, and s’mores” – Unknown
8. “Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.” – Dave Barry
9. “It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.” – Dave Barry
10. “In Massachusetts and Vermont, there had been plenty of mosquitoes, but in New Hampshire, they had reinforcements.” – Jennifer Pharr Davis
11. “Someone told me to ‘take a hike,’ so I did.” – Unknown
12. “What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die of course. Literally shit myself lifeless.” — Bill Bryson
13. “What’s that?”
“French press.”
“For coffee? Real coffee? Not instant?”
“We’re camping, Zorie, not living in a dystopian nightmare.” – Jenn Bennett
14. “Think outside. No box required.” – Unknown
15. “Happiness does have a smell.” – Unknown
16. “The closer you are to nature the further you are from idiots.” – Unknown
17. “I don’t get it. The trail looked so flat on the map.” – Unknown
18. “Hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee.” – Demetri Martin
19. “Sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world.” – Grizzly
20. “It’s a hill. Get over it.” – Unknown
21. “Hiking is the only slightly less ugly stepsister of running.” – Lindy Hughes
22. “Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.” – Ellen Degeneres
Short One-line Hiking Quotes
1. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.” – Unknown
2. “Not all classrooms have four walls.” – Unknown
3. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
4. “Hike more, worry less” – Unknown
5. “I hike to burn off the crazy.” – Unknown
6. “There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.” – Wendell Berry
7. “Sometimes, nature is all you need.” – Shikoba
8. “I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city.” – Mary Davis
9. “Embrace the detours.” – Kevin Charbonneau
10. “Climbing is as close as we can come to flying.” – Margaret Young
11. “The hardest mountain to climb is the one within.” – J. Lynn
12. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
13. “Fall down seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
14. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
15. “Hike Your Own Hike.” – Thru-Hiker
16. “Wonder. Wander. Repeat.” – Unknown
17. “Cover the earth before it covers you.” – Dagobert D. Runes
18. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey
19. “A flat trail never made a skilled hiker.” – Unknown
20. “Where the signposts end, the trail begins.” – Marty Rubin
21. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joseph Kennedy
Famous Hiking Quotes
1. “The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
2. “We don’t stop hiking because we grow old. We grow old because we stop hiking.” – Finis Mitchell
3. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
4. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
5. “There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Rannulph Fiennes
6. “To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.” – Tenzing Norgay
7. “The only way is forward.” — Unknown
8. “Not all who wander are lost” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Inspirational Hiking Quotes
1. “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” – Paulo Coelho
2. “It’s never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.” – Robert Kurson
3. “Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Unknown
4. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
5. “A person susceptible to ‘wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” – Pico Iyer
6. “If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.” – Raymond Inmon
7. “In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” – Aristotle
8. “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
9. “Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.” – William Blake
10. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T.S. Eliot
11. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” — Erol Ozan
12. “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot” – Werner Herzog
13. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Rachel Wolchin
14. “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” – Edmund Hillary
15. “I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.” – Wislawa Szymborska
16. “You may not find a path, but you will find a way.” – Tom Wolfe
17. “There’s a sunrise and sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Jo Walton
Profound Hiking Quotes
1. “You need special shoes for hiking – and a bit of a special soul as well.” – Terry Guillemets
2. “You can’t find happiness at the end of your journey if you didn’t bring it with you all along.” – Katrina Mayer
3. “Only one who wanders finds a new path.” – Norwegian Proverb
4. “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
5. “Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast — you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” – Eddie Cantor
6. “A significant fraction of thru-hikers reach Katahdin, then turn around and start back to Georgia. They just can’t stop walking, which kind of makes you wonder.” – Bill Bryson
7. “But the beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations.” – Gwyn Thomas
8. “After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G.M. Trevelyan
9. “Our minds, as well as our bodies, have need of the out-of-doors. Our spirits, too, need simple things, elemental things, the sun and the wind and the rain, moonlight, and starlight, sunrise and mist and mossy forest trails, the perfumes of dawn and the smell of fresh-turned earth and the ancient music of wind among the trees.” – Edwin Way Teale
10. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
11. “Stop staring at mountains. Climb them instead, yes, it’s a harder process but it will lead you to a better view.” – Unknown
12. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. “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
14. “You can’t climb up a mountain with downhill thoughts.” – Unknown
15. “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
16. “Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
17. “Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.” – Earl Shaffer
18. “A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.”- Rebecca Solnit
Solo Hiking Quotes
1. “I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya
2. “Hikers need to hike the trail that’s right for them.” – Adrienne Hall
3. “The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.” – Horace Kephart
4. “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
5. “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
First Time Hiking Quotes
1. “Leave the road, take the trails.” — Pythagore
2. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” – Robert Frost
3. “All you need to know is that it’s possible.” – Wolf, an Appalachian Trail Hiker
4. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott
5. “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
6. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
Hiking Quotes for Her
1. “Some women want diamonds… others just want a hammock, a campfire and some peace & quiet.” – Unknown
2. “Bring me coffee, take me hiking, and tell me I’m exy.” – Unknown
3. “Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice… some girls are made of adventure and wine and all things fine.” – Unknown
4. “The wild woman has a deep love of nature; a love for the ancient mother. Though possibly misunderstood, it has always been in her. When she goes into the wilderness, a part of her soul is going home.” – Shikoba
5. “I am happy out here. Messy hair, dirty feet & wild water on my skin. Out here with the wild things; this is where I belong.” – Brooke Hampton
6. “I can’t understand why men make all this fuss about Everest — it’s only a mountain.” – Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Everest
Friends Hiking Quotes
1. “Bring a compass. It’s awkward when you have to eat your friends.” – Unknown
2. “Life was meant for good friends & great adventures.” – Unknown
3. “There is a whole world out there. Pack your backpack, your best friend, and go.” – Unknown
4. “Friends that travel together, stay together.” – Unknown
5. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
6. “Take your potential someone into the forest. If they smile through the sweat and whistle with the wind, your adventures will never end.” – Unknown
7. “It’s not where you go, but who you go with.” – Unknown
8. “Sometimes, all you need is a great friend and thirst for adventure.” – Unknown
9. “A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend makes them with you.” – Unknown
10. “Happiness is hiking with friends.” – Unknown
11. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton
Hiking Quotes for Couples in Love
1. “You keep me safe, I’ll keep you wild.” – Unknown
2. “The right someone will hack through the bushes and challenge the woods, but most importantly, they’ll enjoy every step with you.” – Unknown
3. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” – Lewis Carroll
4. “What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Unknown
5. “It’s not how many miles you walk, it’s how many smiles you share.” – Unknown
6. “I know there’s nature all around, but I can’t keep my eyes off of you.” – Unknown
7. “Why should a relationship mean settling down? Wait for someone who won’t let life escape you, who’ll challenge you and drive you towards your dreams. Someone spontaneous who you can get lost in the world with.” – Beau Taplin
8. “There’s no one I’d rather walk the trails with than you. “– Unknown
9. “Let’s travel together and get lost in beautiful places.” – Unknown
10. “Here’s to all the places we went. And here’s to all the places we’ll go. And here’s to me, whispering again and again and again and again: I love you.” – John Green
11. “A journey well shared is a journey well enjoyed.” – Unknown
12. “Together is my favorite place to be.” – Unknown
13. “You are my greatest adventure.” – Mr. Incredible, The Incredibles
14. “I’ve fallen in love with adventures, so I begin to wonder, if that’s why I’ve fallen for you.” – Unknown
15. “Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.” – Unknown
“16. Like the weightlessness of standing at the peak, a soulmate makes you feel free.” – Unknown
17. “Camping is not a date; its an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.” – Yvonne Prinz
Motivational Hiking Quotes
1. “If you think you’ve peaked, find a new mountain.” — Unknown
2. “Trekking means a traveling experience with a thrilling excitement.” – Amit Kalantri
3. “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
4. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
5. “I love walking in the woods, along the trails, by the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one’s batteries.” – Grace Kelly
6. “Never quit on a bad day.” – Ben Crawford
7. “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
8. “If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.” — Henry B. Eyring
9. “Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” – Dr. Wayne D. Dyer
10. “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer.” – John Perry Barlow
11. “If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” — Frank A. Clark
12. “When everything feels like an uphill struggle, Just think of the view from the top.” – Unknown
John Muir Hiking Quotes
1. “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir
2. “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” – John Muir
3. “Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.” – John Muir
4. “Who has not felt the urge to throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence?” – John Muir
5. “Keep close to nature’s heart” – John Muir
6. “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
7. “You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you.” – John Muir
8. “Keep close to Nature’s heart, yourself; 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
9. “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
10. “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
11. “The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
12. “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
13. “The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir
14. “The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” – John Muir
Henry David Thoreau Hiking Quotes
1. “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than trees.” – Henry David Thoreau
2. “I have a room all to myself. It is nature.” – Henry David Thoreau
3. “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
4. “Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” – Henry David Thoreau
5. “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau
Dr. Seuss Hiking Quotes
1. “Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.” – Dr. Seuss
2. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
3. “You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” – Dr. Seuss
Nature Hiking Quotes
1. “I have a therapist. Her name Is nature.” – Unknown
2. “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
3. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.” – John Mackey
5. “A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” – Mary Davis
6. “Over the mountains & through the woods, down the river & up the valley, over the boulders & through the stream to nobody’s house I go.” – Unknown
7. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
8. “We must get beyond textbooks, go out into bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness of truth and explore and tell the world of our glorious journey” – John Hope
9. “Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
10. “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
11. “To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis
12. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
13. “If the winter is too cold and the summer is too hot, you are not a hiker.” – A bitter hiker
14. “I’d rather be hiking in the rain, than sitting inside at a desk on a sunny day.” – Unknown
Mountain Hiking Quotes
1. “Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” – Greg Child
2. “The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Unknown
3. “It’s not a competition to reach the top, it’s a promise you make with yourself.” – Unknown
4. “Every now and then it’s good to stop climbing and appreciate the view from right where you are.” – Lori Deschene
5. “The mountains whisper for me to wander; my soul hikes to the call.” – Angie Weiland Crosby
6. “Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.” – Reinhold Messner
7. “May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.” – Harley King
8. “My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” – Aldous Huxley
9. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay
10. “When life gives you mountains, put on your boots and hike.” – Unknown
11. “When preparing to climb a mountain – pack a light heart.” – Dan May
12. “Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” – Sir Martin Conway
13. “Mountains teach that not everything in this world can be rationally explained.” – Aleksander Lwow
14. “Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it.” – Andy Rooney
15. “Climb the mountains so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough
16. “Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” – Ed Viesturs
17. “Let’s not mince words: Everest doesn’t attract a whole lot of well-balanced folks. The self-selection process tends to weed out the cautious and the sensible in favor of those who are single-minded and incredibly driven. Which is a big reason the mountain is so dangerous.” – Jon Krakauer
Adventure Hiking Quotes
1. “Everyone needs someone who will call and say, ‘Get dressed. We’re going on an adventure.'” – Unknown
2. “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
3. “There is always an adventure waiting in the woods.” – Katelyn S. Bolds
4. “Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you.” – Richard Aldington
5. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
6. “Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures” – Lovelle Drachman
7. “Adventure isn’t hanging off a rope on the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life” – John Amatt
8. “The danger of adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.” – Paulo Coelho
9. “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure” – Bob Bitchin
10. “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice
11. “Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.” – Mark Jenkins
12. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventures should be top priority.” – Richard Branson
13. “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” – Amelia Earhart
14. “Job’s fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beaty
Rare Hiking Quotes
1. “A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.” – Edward Abbey
2. “Nature is the greatest place to heal and recharge.” – Unknown
3. “Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” – Carrie Latet
4. “For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you.” – Unknown
5. “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
6. “The Wanderlust has got me… by the belly-aching fire” – Robert W. Service
7. “The stars were better company anyway.” – David Eddings
8. “Now shall I walk or shall I ride?
‘Ride,’ Pleasure said;
‘Walk,’ Joy replied.” – W.H. Davies
9. “The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.” – Louis L’Amour
10. “The trail leads not merely north and south, but up to the body, mind, and soul of man.” – Unknown
11. “Mountains make me believe that nothing can be bigger than nature, not even human ego.” – Jay Kumar Singh
12. “Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.” – Jeffrey Rasley
13. “You need mountains, long staircases don’t make good hikers.” – Amit Kalantri
14. “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
15. “Everything worthwhile is uphill. Everything.” – John Maxwell
16. “A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.” – Roman Payne
17. “I was no longer following a trail. I was learning to follow myself.” – Aspen Matis
18. “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
19. “Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.” – Antonio Machado
20. “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
21. “Hiking isn’t for everyone. Notice the wilderness is mostly empty.” – Sonja Yoerg
22. “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
Hiking is My Therapy Quotes
1. “Hiking is the answer. Who cares what the question is”. – Unknown
2. “Happiness and hiking go hand in hand or foot in boot.” – Diane Spicer
3. “For the sake of your soul, venture out.” – Unknown
4. “I might look like I am listening to you, but in my mind, I am hiking.” – Unknown
5. “I don’t need therapy I just need to go hiking.” – Unknown
6. “We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down.” – Robert Sweetgall
7. “Walking is a man’s best medicine.” – Hippocrates
8. “I’m not lost, I’ve just temporarily lost sight of my destination.” – Unknown
9. “Somewhere on your journey don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view.” – Unknown
More Hiking Quotes
1. “I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are.” – Unknown
2. “I have a restless spirit. The need to roam and explore this earth is in my soul.” – Unknown
3. “I had diverged, digressed, wandered, and become wild.” – Cheryl Strayed, Wild
4. “There is no wifi in the forest, but you will find a better connection.” – Unknown
5. “Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.” — Unknown
6. “Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright
7. “Life is better in hiking boots.” – Unknown
8. “I could never resist the call of the trail.” – Buffalo Bill
Final Thoughts
Hopefully, our comprehensive list of 230+ funny and inspirational hiking quotes was helpful, and you found that grain of wisdom or a clever Instagram caption.
But as crucial as inspiration and motivation are, they don’t work without action. It is up to you now to grab your backpack, put on the hiking boots and venture outdoors.
Get wild!