Quotes about Journey
My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near to the ocean's edge as I can go.
— Henry David Thoreau
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
— Henry David Thoreau
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
— Henry David Thoreau
I have learned that the swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.
— Henry David Thoreau
We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.
— Henry David Thoreau
It matters not where or how far you travel,--the farther commonly the worse,--but how much alive you are.
— Henry David Thoreau
Roads are made for horses and men of business. I do not travel in them much, comparatively, because I am not in a hurry to get to any tavern or grocery or livery-stable or depot to which they lead.
— Henry David Thoreau
Farewell, my friends, my path inclines to this side the mountain, yours to that. We are no longer the representatives of our former selves.
— Henry David Thoreau
Not till we are completely lost or turned around, do we begin to find ourselves.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is a fool's life, as they will find when they get to the end of it, if not before.
— Henry David Thoreau
We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return—prepared to send back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms.
— Henry David Thoreau
I do not refuse the Blue-Pearmain, I fill my pockets on each side; and as I retrace my steps in the frosty eve, being perhaps four or five miles from home, I eat one first from this side, and then from that, to keep my balance.
— Henry David Thoreau