Quotes About Journey

The most beautiful thing is that despite the shallow life we sometimes succumb to - the soul has no timeline and it knows what it wants and will yearn within until it seeks the journey

It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.

The farther you venture into the forest the more valuable the fruit.

One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed.

Age is a timeless beauty. At each mile in my life journey, I am a distinctive blend of what I've experienced and the unique talents I was given to share with others.

Small steps add up to complete big journeys.

Faxian and Xuanzang might have been the first Chinese to travel to India, but sometimes it felt like I was the first.

She is a wild, tangled forest with temples and treasures concealed within.

In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.

The standup thing has been really fun, really seeing the United States instead of reading about it.

I'd been doing standup since college.

I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salvage the Bones' at Stanford. So I workshopped the entire thing.

I went to Stanford.

I am drawn towards the sort of characters who are in situations where they don't want to be in. But that's a staple in pretty much in any hero's journey because if you have non-reluctant protagonist then how is there any conflict?

Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.

My four friends were John Kerr, who became a star, Paul Newman, Jimmy Dean, and Jack Lemmon.

When I was 9, I saw 'Star Wars,' and it set me on a path to where I am today.

Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M.O., my main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!

'Kahaani' gave me popularity and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' stardom.

My journey was not hard because I have seen stardom and the downfall very closely in my career.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

When you're staring at your phone to navigate and being led places, you do become less aware of your environment, and the journey becomes kind of automated. There is an aliveness that comes with having to puzzle out directions for yourself. And you have to ask other people for help, which creates opportunity for social connection.

There's no night without stars.

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.