Journey Quotes - Page 61

From another direction he felt the sensation of being a sheep startled by a flying saucer, but it was virtually indistinguishable from the feeling of being a sheep startled by anything else it ever encountered, for they were creatures who learned very little on their journey through life, and would be startled to see the sun rising in the morning, and astonished by all the green stuff in the fields.

It was either me or Confucius that said the journey of a thousand miles begins with a vicious ass raping at airport security.

Life is a journey I don't have a map for.

The message we give our bodies - one of irritation or acceptance - is the message to which our bodies will answer.

We must risk the journey to a higher ground where there is freedom from the gravitational pull of our stories, the pull that comes from years of trying to prove that the stories we tell ourselves, the ones we've made up, are the truth.

Billy Pilgrim had a theory about diaries. Women were more likely than men to think that their lives had sufficient meaning to require recording on a daily basis. It was not for the most part a God-is-leading-me-on-a-wondrous-journey kind of meaning, but more an I've-gotta-be-me-but-nobody-cares sentimentalism that passed for meaning, and they usually stopped keeping a diary by the time they hit thirty, because by then they didn't want to ponder the meaning of life anymore because it scared the crap out of them.

Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard again, until by the end of the journey, we sit in a passenger car where most of the seats are empty.

I believe in walking in the Spirit.

Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.

I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Life is a journey. Part of that journey is not just using your talents, but trying to decide what is your gift and then directing your talents to support your gift so you can soar to new heights.

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.

Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in a distant country.

My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.

The journey of consciousness, of mysticism, is to come to know yourself and your own motivations.

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society.

The waves get high, they get low. It's been a wonderful journey, every bit of it, and that's from every praise to every criticism... To be able to able to hang around athletics for a lifetime and to meet all these wonderful people I've come in contact with, to have been around as many big events as I have, I can't imagine a day when I did not have something to make me happy about sports.

Rose and I have gone on the most incredible journey over the past two years

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.

I'm a common woman sharing common problems seeking common solutions on a journey with an uncommon Savior.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.

Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.

Let it be said to our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we didn't turn our back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.