Journey Quotes - Page 7

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.

Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life, and yet less attached to it.

Every journey starts with fear.

I was faced with a choice: to deny my addiction and embrace that 'comfortably numb' but 'magicless' existence, or accept the burden of insight, take the road less travelled, and embark on the often painful journey to discover who I was and where I fit.

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

This is the pathless path - returning to where you were initially before you got lost. The deepest truth in you is where the journey leads - shedding, like taking off layers of an onion, until you come to your essence. The key to the spiritual journey is not acquiring something outside of yourself. Rather it is shedding the veils to come back to the deepest truth of your being.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.

Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.

And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.

Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood Let the smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground.

NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.

Those who arrive at the end of the journey are not those who began.

May I be like a guard for those who are protectorless, A guide for those who journey on the road. For those who wish to go across the water, May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

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

Take a walk on the wild side.

Take a journey to the realm of the truth.

Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.

Failure was a key element to my life’s journey.

You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else's. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?

Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy of attraction, meanders through a rocky stretch of self-discovery, and culminates in the creation of an intimate, joyful, lifelong union.

To be alive, to able to see, to walk...it's all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.