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Exhilaration Quotes

The high that comes with a catch in it.

These quotes admit exhilaration isn't always comfortable - one speaker feels guilty for the thrill a gunshot gave them, while another finds real exhilaration in staying silent onstage rather than performing.

Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.

Quotes by Teller

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to...

Quotes by Sally Pearson

My early colleagues and myself helped create the life styles of Americans and, by osmosis, of the rest of the world. I found it difficult to reconcile success with humility. I tried it first, but it meant avoiding the very...

Quotes by Raymond Loewy

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.

Quotes by Michael Franti

Able Quotes

I ran over 10 years without missing a day, averaging close to 15 miles. I loved being able to run a long distance and get that feeling of strength and exhilaration from being in good shape. There was a meditative...

Quotes by Mark Parker

I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because...

Quotes by Linton Kwesi Johnson

The one time I shot a gun, the feelings I felt, I was guilty for feeling them. There is an exhilaration and a glamour, and I felt awful for feeling that.

Quotes by Justin Tranter

Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.

Quotes by John Barrow

When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's the best part - a few seconds to celebrate and relax.

Quotes by Jenn Suhr

Absolutely Nothing Quotes

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Quotes by George S. Patton

Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and...

Quotes by Edward Hoagland

Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring,...

Quotes by E. F. Schumacher

I go back to St. Lucia, and the exhilaration I feel is not simply the exhilaration of homecoming and of nostalgia. It is almost an irritation of feeling: 'Well, you never got it right. Now you have another chance. Maybe...

Quotes by Derek Walcott

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be...

Quotes by David Knopfler

Alone Quotes

As an old man who remembers the intellectual exhilaration and the pleasure of having done good work that characterized the CIA when it was young, I wonder if it might not be better to speak and think in terms of...

Quotes by Charles McCarry

But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.

Quotes by Boris Johnson

The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.

Quotes by Basil Bunting

Frequently Asked Questions

What feeling do these Exhilaration quotes describe?
They describe the complicated rush of exhilaration - a thrill that can arrive with guilt, silence, or even painful memories, not just pure excitement.
Is there a quote about feeling guilty over exhilaration?
Yes - one speaker admits feeling exhilaration the one time they fired a gun, and describes feeling awful afterward for having felt that thrill at all.
Does this page connect exhilaration to performing on stage?
One quote finds exhilaration specifically in staying silent onstage, treating restraint itself as more thrilling than speaking or performing outright.
Why would someone search for exhilaration quotes?
Writers reaching for language around adrenaline, risk, or intense emotional highs look for these because they capture the feeling with real specificity.
What other page relates to exhilaration quotes?
The site's Best quotes offer a related set of high-energy, peak-moment reflections worth pairing with this page.

A childhood memory adds a darker layer, describing the strange rush felt after being taunted, and a musician calls the feeling rare against constant disappointment. See more on emotion in our Best quotes.