Quotes About Path

RockChristopher: Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.

It seems to me that when you look back at a life, yours or another's, what you see is a path that weaves into and out of deep shadow.

The extent of a man's greatness is determined by his ability to follow his proper direction. We create our own destinies, and yet we do not. We forge a new path as we proceed, and yet the path already exists beforehand, though it is not always well marked. This is the paradox of life; and a paradox is not a riddle to be solved, but a place to dwell in, if only for a brief time.

An optimist was someone who believed that however complicated or random or odd a stretching curve might seem, if we had enough insight then we could understand the simple guiding principle from which it actually came. The concept then spread from mathematics to mean anyone who believes that such an optimal path can open up in life.

most of us can only deny short-term pleasures because we see a realistic path between self-denial now and something better down the road.

These days, when our companies are spinning their wheels and all the street lights are out, when our familiar routes are blocked and our maps are torn, this first signpost of post-Christendom directs us towards a prodigal Christianity that does not stand still in order to attract, does not sit in the seat of authority, and does not walk in the ways of the universal, but instead delights in the paths of the prodigal God

My duty, I know, is to lead. I cannot offer an array of options. I must offer a long but narrow path to Salvation, and guide the Saints down it. Were that path wide and varied, it would lead nowhere; and I will then have failed both God and man.

And the road is a villain And the road is a friend And the road is a story No beginning no end

Le sommeil est un chemin qui mène à la soupe du lendemain.

Es raro que uno tenga acceso a su destino opuesto; nuestro camino único no brinda el menor acceso a los senderos no tomados.

A path is formed by walking on it.... When there is a separation, there is coming together. When there is a coming together, there is dissolution. All things may become one, whatever their state of being. Only he who has transcended sees this oneness. He has no use for differences and dwells in the constant. To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one's true nature. Realization of one's true nature is happiness.22

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstructions in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought so far to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.

Where are you going?" Turing had asked. "Nowhere." "Me too.

God leads every soul by a separate path.

All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence.

The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts.

The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.

A throne is God's purpose for you; a cross is God's path for you; faith is God's plan for you.

Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.

We can approach belief from an intellectual path, but in the end, God must be taken on faith. Proofs are for things of this world, things in time and of time, not beyond time.

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?

The Church is simply the path of history, and not the actual kingdom of God.

We can trust God's heart even when we can't trace His path.