Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
—Dag Hammarskjold (1905–61) Swedish Statesman, UN Diplomat
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human 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
It is not the destination that is important, but the journey there.
—Chinese Proverb
The journey is my home.
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–80) American Poet, Writer
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
—Chinese Proverb
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
Choose your fellow traveler before you start on your journey.
—African Proverb
The dream is not the destination but the journey.
—Diane Sawyer (b.1945) American Television News Journalist
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
Plan well before you take the journey. Remember the carpenter’s rule: Measure twice, cut once.
—Unknown
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
—John Steinbeck (1902–68) American Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist
The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
The journey is the reward.
—Chinese Proverb
Believing in yourself is an endless destination. Believing you have failed is the end of the journey.
—Unknown
The life of man is a journey; a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommodation.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
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
He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.
—Dutch 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
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.
—Theodor Seuss Geisel (‘Dr. Seuss’) (1904–91) American Children’s Writer, Cartoonist, Animator
Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.
—Laurence Sterne (1713–68) Irish Anglican Novelist, Clergyman
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
The pioneer who fought for his liberties now has descendants who take them.
—Unknown
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
—Arthur Ashe (1943–93) American Tennis Player
To live is to go on a journey; to die is to come back home.
—Indian Proverb
On a long journey, even a straw weighs heavy.
—Spanish Proverb
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
—Enoch Powell (1912–98) English Conservative Politician, Scholar
Happiness does not come from happiness itself, but from the journey towards achieving it.
—Finnish Proverb
All of childhood’s unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
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