Quotes about Journey
There is treasure buried in the field of every one of our days, even the bleakest or dullest, and it is our business, as we journey, to keep our eyes peeled for it.
— Frederick Buechner
Payattention. As a summation of all that I have had to say as a writer, I would settle for that. And as a talisman or motto for that journey in search of a homeland, which is what faith is, I would settle for that too.
— Frederick Buechner
Men talk much of a new birth. The fact is fundamental. But the mistake is in treating it as an incident which can only happen to a man once in a lifetime: whereas the whole journey of life is a succession of them. A new life springs up in the soul with the discovery of every new agency by which the soul is raised to a higher level of wisdom: goodness and joy.
— Frederick Douglass
I'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little African girls.
— Leymah Gbowee
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
— St. Augustine
The movement of search can only be from the known to the known, and all that the mind can do is to be aware that this movement will never uncover the unknown. Any movement on the part of the known is still within the field of the known.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.
— DH Lawrence
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Prodigals are not limited in gender, race, age or color. They do have one thing in common: They have left home, and they are missed.
— Ruth Bell Graham
All praise is due to Allah that I went to Boston when I did. If I hadn't, I'd probably still be a brainwashed black Christian.
— Malcolm X
The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion.
— Marcus Aurelius