Quotes About Journey

Death is not a merciful conclusion but a border crossing into a new land that could be more beautiful and majestic than the tallest mansion. Faith, courage, and hope are the characteristics that create happiness. They will stand as remembered monuments for all those left around the bed, and they are the qualities I will strive to obtain. —From the journal of Cale Shaffer, dated September 7, 1992, written when he was eighteen years old

understood that migration was a kind of death, in which one's old self must be buried in order for a new self to be born, and that this move has made me who I am today.

When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

Dic nobis Maria: quid vidisti in via? Ho visto trionfare le cose puttane, emarginarsi le vere.

I was born into this world without knowing what life was all about. Only power promised fulfillment in life, and I have pursued it--long enough to recognize that it's a false promise and that this road leads to nothing. But I tried. Even if we get no answers to our questions, it is the inalienable right of every living being to search for them--by all means, on all paths, and with all strength. What I did was only what I had a right to do.

Destiny cannot be thwarted; however you can assist her on your way to success.

Each one of has a bridge to cross to get to the other side. Some choose to take it while others do not. That is the essence of life, choosing to choose. Andreas Simic

Heartache and heartbreak are two paths that most of us must cross at some point in our lives. It is inevitable."

Success is not a one way street. Sooner or later you must cross the path of failure. It takes both to get you on your way.

The greatest journey in life you will undertake is the one for self awareness. Finding out who you are and what you stand for.

The search for happiness is often fraught with many twists and turns, each one challenging our belief that we can truly find nirvana. Andreas Simic

We are human beings, not human doings. Every once in a while we need to stop and smell the roses, hear what is really being said, taste the essence of life, touch someone's heart and see life for what it truly is, a journey with rest areas.

Southern Journey: My Return to the Civil Rights Movement.

In the school library there's an old Book Week poster that says 'Get Lost in a Book.' Well, we do that. We lose ourselves in books for hours and hours—books about all kinds of people and tons of different places. Then we come back, and we bring things with us. When we get lost like that, I think we find all kinds of cool stuff.

It doesn't matter how fast you move, if you never go anywhere.

Things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position.

And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent.

Personal growth must sometimes be measured by distance travelled rather than by current position

These day's I like to imagine that if a man were to enter through the slash on the book's cover, as if it were a door, he could walk right into the heart of the Inferno.

I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was.

How deep was the grim sorter of the dark and the foul going to send me?

It doesn't matter how fast you move, I learned, if you never go anywhere.

When it comes to exploring the sea of love, I prefer buoys.