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Journey Quotes


"Remember this-the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true."


"In life, there are many hills and valleys to pass and you cannot avoid them! The most important thing you need is to know this: You must pass them!"


"The stretch of Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale was long and lonesome."


"Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road."


"When you find the best path ahead of you, leave all other paths behind you!"


"There is no easy way to the journey of life. Those who follow the easy road cannot fully appreciate life."


"If my goal is simply to survive the journey, then I'm not on the journey in the first place."


"Forgiveness is not simply a single act, it is a full process."


"It's funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes.The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature, he said. "You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up."


"Maybe I'll go where I can see stars, he said to himself as the car gained velocity and altitude; it headed away from San Francisco, toward the uninhabited desolation to the north. To the place where no living thing would go. Not unless it felt that the end had come."


"No one stands at the beginning of a race and then finds himself at the end having never taken a step forward. And if that were to happen-the sweat and struggle avoided-what stories would he have to tell? The goal includes the journey, it's all part of the dream."


"When I go out with Journey, it is a complete cakewalk. I can afford my own bus."


"Simply by living life you will gain new experiences that are uniquely your own. Your vantage points along your journey will help you form your perceptions, grow your influence, and ground you in a wisdom which can only be gained from having been there and having done it."


"The road to failure is wide. The road to mediocrity is smooth. The road to success is bumpy. The road to genius is narrow. The road to greatness is steep."


"The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my heart."


"Life has no destination, it is a journey to see the beauty."


"Dreams aren't finish lines to be reached at the close of a race. They don't suddenly materialize, fulfilled, where the road ends. The entire journey is included in the dream-all of it from beginning to forevermore. You're on that journey right now; hence, you're living the dream. Enjoy it."


"It is not within my power to refuse the journey of life regardless of the nature of my fears or the depth of my selfishness, for the definitions of 'journey' and 'life' are indistinguishably synonymous. I can however sufficiently inhibit them and amply fight them to the point that I have accepted the journey, but the journey is now solely defined as my effort to forsake the journey."


"While you'll feel compelled to charge forward it's often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you and what you truly seek."


"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."


"The journey is not about reaching somewhere, it is about enjoying each step."


"If you have a very strong will to travel, the road will suddenly appear before!"



"Every man should care (be concerned) about these three things: Which station have I come from? Which station did I get off? Which station am I going to?"


"What is life but God's daring invitation to a remarkable journey? And what is human nature but a staunchly inbred tendency toward self-preservation? And because of the rigidly paradoxical nature of these things, the road of life is seldom trod beyond a few scant steps."


"Trouble with a long journey like this,' continued the Captain, 'is that you end up just talking to yourself a lot, which gets terribly boring because half the time you know what you're going to say next."


"Whoever you are, go out into the evening,leaving your room, of which you know every bit;your house is the last before the infinite,whoever you are."


"The thing about traveling alone, is that you run into your insecurities and fears times ten the normal! You run into all the good things and all the bad things about yourself on a daily basis, and are allowed the opportunity to truly become your own friend. Traveling alone is a learning process; some people travel for leisure, I travel to run into myself!"


"God has hewn out a hidden path more glorious, tantalizing and adventuresome than the path trod by most, and it is a path seen only through the eyes of our wounds, felt solely through the heart of our losses, and singularly traversed by those with a limp in their step."
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