The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.
—Curtis L. Carlson (1914–99) American Businessman
A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
—Unknown
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist
The dream is not the destination but the journey.
—Diane Sawyer (b.1945) American Television News Journalist
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
—M. Scott Peck (1936–2005) American Psychiatrist, Author
Believing in yourself is an endless destination. Believing you have failed is the end of the journey.
—Unknown
We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
Accomplishment, like life, will prove to be a journey, not a destination.
—Unknown
Happiness does not come from happiness itself, but from the journey towards achieving it.
—Finnish Proverb
Life is a journey, not a destination – we determine our destiny by the direction we take.
—Anonymous
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
—Horace Greeley (1811–72) American Journalist, Author
Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
—J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) British Scholar, Author
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.
—Barbara De Angelis (b.1951) American Self-Help Author
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
—Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–73) American Head of State, Political leader
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
—Unknown
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
—J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) British Scholar, Author
To live is to go on a journey; to die is to come back home.
—Indian Proverb
In the middle of the journey of our life
I found myself astray in a dark wood
where the straight road had been lost sight of.
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
—Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English Novelist, Scriptwriter
Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are. The journey is both repetitious and progressive; we go both round and upward.
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish Poet, Dramatist
It is not the destination that is important, but the journey there.
—Chinese Proverb
The readiness to initiate the journey cannot be forced nor can people be faulted if it has not occurred in them as yet. The level of consciousness has to have advanced to the stage where such an intention would be meaningful and attractive.
—David R. Hawkins (1927–2012) American Physician, Author
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton (b.1947) American Head of State, Politician
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
—Arthur Ashe (1943–93) American Tennis Player
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
—Chinese Proverb
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
—Pythagoras (570–495 BCE) Greek Philosopher
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