150 Great Journeys Quotes

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Famous Great Journeys Quotes

All the world’s great journeys begin with the first step. — Tibetan Proverbs

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. — John Steinbeck

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. — Richard Francis Burton

roads were made for journeys not destinations — Confucius

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end. — Jose Saramago

No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks. — Friedrich Nietzsche

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. - Martin Buber

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. — Martin Buber

[A] journey becomes a pilgrimage as we discover, day by day, that the distance traveled is less important than the experience gained. — Ernest Kurtz

Journeys bring power and love back into you. If you can't go somewhere, move in the passageways of the self. They are like shafts of light, always changing, and you change when you explore them. — Rumi

Sometimes journeys begin long before their first step is taken — Colin Thubron

The only journey is the one within. - Rainer Maria Rilke

The only journey is the one within. — Rainer Maria Rilke

To travel is to take a journey into yourself. — Danny Kaye

Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong. — Ron Franscell

The journey is the reward. - Chinese Proverbs

The journey is the reward. — Chinese Proverbs

The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca. — Anthony Bourdain

Short Great Journeys Quotes

  • The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. — Tony Robbins
  • Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back. — Cat Stevens
  • We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps. — Nelson Demille
  • Voyaging begins when one burns one's boats, adventures begin with a shipwreck. — Michel Serres
  • The longest journey begins with a single step. — Patanjali
  • Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain
  • There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. — Matsuo Basho
  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — English Proverbs
  • When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it. — Amelia Earhart

Great Journeys Image Quotes

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. - Les Brown quote

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. — Les Brown

Great journeys quote Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go
Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also makes music.

Different Journeys Quotes

No matter who you are or what your life has been like so far, the rest of your life's journey can be different. With God's help you can begin again. — Billy Graham

With so many scientific achievements we know so little of where we came from and where we are going. But we know even less of the most important discovery of all – Love. Only love can accept our differences as we journey through life. And only love can allow space for our growth. — Akiane Kramarik

I'm different than most people...when I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I'm thinking about what I'm going to do tomorrow. It's as If my Journey is everlasting and there is no finish line — David Goggins

Great journeys quote Silence is a source of great strength.
Silence is a source of great strength.

What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand. — Melina Marchetta

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness. — Mary Astor

There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it's the right choice. — Angeles Arrien

Great journeys quote Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.
Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.

Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we all wanted to do the same kind of music. — Roger Andrew Taylor

Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we all wanted to do the same kind of music. — Roger Taylor

Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination. — A. R. Rahman

I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. — Cheryl Strayed

What Is Your Journey Quotes

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey. — Ken Blanchard

The empowerment journey that is critical to your healing - and to your life - comes from progressing through the deep waters of your dark passions and continuing onward to discover not what has been taken from you, but what you have yet to give and who you have yet to become. — Caroline Myss

Your emotional reactions to the evil you encounter and your judgments of it show you what you need to change in yourself. Changing those parts of your personality that judge, react in fear, and cannot love into acceptance, fearlessness, and love is the journey you were born to make. — Gary Zukav

Great journeys quote Great minds discuss ideas.Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.
Great minds discuss ideas.Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.

Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come. — Leon Brown

The key is to trust in your preparation. You have done all you can, so focus on that fact. You will remain the same person before, during and after the race, so the result, however important, will not define you. The journey is what matters. — Chrissie Wellington

The journey toward your Big Dream changes you. In fact, the journey itself is what prepares you to succeed at what you were born to do. And until you decide to pursue your Dream, you are never going to love life the way you were meant to. — Bruce Wilkinson

Great journeys quote Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. — Susan Polis Schutz

For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise? — Anne Bancroft

For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise? — Ann Bancroft

You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life. — Carlos Castaneda

Roads And Journeys Quotes

Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land. — Walt Whitman

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. — Oliver Goldsmith

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. — Jawaharlal Nehru

Great journeys quote Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

Success is a process... During that journey sometimes there are stones thrown at you, and you convert them into milestones. — Sachin Tendulkar

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination. — Don Williams

Life's just one great journey. It's a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They're the people who matter. — Dr. Seuss

Great journeys quote You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. — Anna Quindlen

You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to take uncharted roads, face impassable mountains, cross treacherous rivers, be blocked by landslides and earthquakes. That's the way my life has been. — Lee Kuan Yew

One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives. — Mike DeWine

All that is gold does not glitter. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Difficult Journeys Quotes

Focusing on the negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult — TobyMac

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it. — Joyce Meyer

Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is. — Lisa Manoban

Great journeys quote Failure is a great teacher, and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.
Failure is a great teacher, and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. — Lao Tzu

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. — Lao Tzu

Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible. — John Bonifaz

Great journeys quote To a great mind, nothing is little.
To a great mind, nothing is little.

A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding. — Alberto Salazar

...arranging the journey was so difficult. Getting home again was much easier. — Thor Heyerdahl

We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making very difficult decisions. Start removing things from your life that are not filling your cup and adding things that bring joy in to your life. — Lisa Hammond

Journeys And Paths Quotes

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. — Leo Tolstoy

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path. — Paulo Coelho

Turn away from the world this year and begin to listen. Listen to the whispers of your heart. Look within. Your silent companion has lit lanterns of love to illuminate the path to Wholeness. At long last, the journey you were destined to take has begun. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Great journeys quote Average people have great ideas. Legends have great execution.
Average people have great ideas. Legends have great execution.

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike. — Paulo Coelho

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. — Guy Gavriel Kay

When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars. — Buddha

Great journeys quote Don't fear the failure... in great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Don't fear the failure... in great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Do not follow where the path may lead. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When great individuals move so marvelously along the straight and narrow path, it is unseemly of us to call attention to the fact that one of their shoelaces is untied as they make the journey. — Neal A. Maxwell

Our path is sometimes rough and sometimes smooth; nonetheless, life is a constant journey... whatever we do is regarded as our journey, our path. That path consists of opening oneself to the road, opening oneself to the steps we are about to take. — Chogyam Trungpa

A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take. — Beryl Markham

Travel Journey Quotes

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride! — Hunter S. Thompson

Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey. — Anthony of Padua

Wherever you go, east, west, north or south, think of it as a journey into yourself! The one who travels into itself travels the world. — Shams Tabrizi

We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. — Paulo Coelho

We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. — Gloria Gaither

One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance. — Ben E. King

Traveling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, 'I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station. — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán

The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. — Matsuo Basho

I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question. — Harun Yahya

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead—your next stop, the Twilight Zone. — Rod Serling

Wonderful Journey Quotes

The experiences are so innumerable and varied, that the journey appears to be interminable and the Destination is ever out of sight. But the wonder of it is, when at last you reach your Destination you find that you had never travelled at all! It was a journey from here to Here. — Meher Baba

I always wonder why birds stay in the same place. — Harun Yahya

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile. — Earl Nightingale

That wonderful and terribly frightening journey of self-discovery. That process of growth, of being an independent person, of learning who you are and what you want from life, is the real secret of life, happiness and beauty. — Diane von Furstenberg

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is. — Tove Jansson

Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps. — Natalie Goldberg

No wonder we cannot appreciate the really central Kafka joke: that the horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a self whose humanity is inseparable from the horrific struggle. That our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home. — David Foster Wallace

The journey, not the destination, becomes a source of wonder — Loreena McKennitt

I... allowed my memory to journey back to the days when I was a boy of ten, full of health and optimism, when my wonder at the great game of living had yet to give way to disillusionment at its shabbiness. — Ruskin Bond

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward. — Andrea Thompson

Great Travel Quotes

Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely. - Walt Disney

Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely. — Walt Disney

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport. — Steve McCurry

We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known. — Carson Mccullers

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. - J. R. R. Tolkien

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry. - Jack Kerouac

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry. — Jack Kerouac

We are homesick most for the places we have never known. — Carson Mccullers

I was at business school doing pretty well for myself, had a few offers from some great companies. But when I traveled across the world, I was shocked by just how much pain, struggle, and anguish people had to go through to have basic necessities. — Jay Shetty

I love teaching. It's a job that lasts forever. Whatever you teach children today travels with them far into the future. — Mary Pope Osborne

During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home. — Daniel Boone

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More Great Journeys Quotes

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. — Leo Tolstoy

There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey. — Lewis Howes

At the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey — Mike Dirnt

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. — Ella Maillart

I'll always push myself because that's the journey of life. We do go through things. Some of it's incredibly great and some of it's really bad. — Andrew Dice Clay

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated. — Sayings

Great stories like the Mahabharata don't belong to any one culture, they belong to the world. — Sharad Devarajan

When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained. — Lynn Hill

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are. — Edith Wharton

It’s important to realize that on the journey to achieving big, you become bigger. — Gary Keller

I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that? — Soledad O'Brien

To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted. — Bill Bryson

It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will be. — Selma Lagerlöf

As for me, I used to be a bird with a gentle white womb, someone cut my throat just for laughs, I don’t know. As for me, I used to be a great albatross and whirled over the seas. Someone put an end to my journey, without any charity in the tone of it. But even stretched out on the ground I sing for you now my songs of love. — Alda Merini

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. — Enya

Just because we cannot see clearly the end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey. On the contrary, great change dominates the world, and unless we move with change we will become its victims. — Robert Kennedy

Great minds have always seen it. That is why man has survived his journey this long. When we fail to wish any longer to be otherwise than what we are, we will have ceased to evolve. Evolution has to be lived forward. I say this as one who has stood above the bones of much that has vanished, and at midnight has examined his own face. — Loren Eiseley

The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road. — Angelo Patri

As a woman with strong opinions talking about technology and politics is not always welcome in Germany. Nope, it's more like having a great cheerleader team behind me. People who follow my journey know I have a slightly colorful personality. The rest skipped out long ago. — Angela Merkel

I love to travel, but hate to arrive. — Albert Einstein

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United. — Mark Lawrenson

We don't take a trip. A trip takes us. — John Steinbeck

We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. — John Steinbeck

But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. — Olivia Wilde

I'm pretty laidback as a dad anyway. I just trust her so much. She has a great head on her shoulders and she makes pretty good decisions most of the time. She even has enough common sense that if she makes a bad one she makes adjustments and knows that's what life is. It's a day-by-day, step-by-step journey through life, as she says in the movie. — Billy Ray Cyrus

I thought I knew everything about love and relationships in my 20s, the ignorance of youth is bliss. As you get older, you start to realise that you don't really know anything and life is a great traveling journey. Life is unexpected...you just never know whats going to happen. — Reese Witherspoon

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination. — John Bingham

Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves. — Carol Lynn Pearson

The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all. — Wendell Berry

Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But we can ennoble and enrich our viewers and ourselves in our journey through this good time, this precious time, this great and wonderful experience we call life. — Earl Hamner, Jr.

Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the dream of roots and the mirage of the journey. — Salman Rushdie

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