Quotes About Journey

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

You are the one who must choose your place.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Decisions determine destiny.

Of all paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.

Death is a door life opens.

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.

I was born to other things.

The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that.... Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.

I said here's the river I want to flow on, here's the direction I want to go, and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.

Yes, I have doubted. I have wandered off the path, but I always return. It is intuitive, an intrinsic, built-in sense of direction. I seem always to find my way home.

Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

Man must strive, and in striving, he must err.

There might be false starts and do-overs. You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!