Quotes about Journey

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a short, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor. The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.

While he himself was marking out lines and courses on the wrinkled charts, some invisible pencil was also tracing lines and courses upon the deeply marked chart of his forehead.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

In reality, we are all travelers - even explorers of mortality.

Traveling around the world and preaching for over 70 years did not give much time for reflection.

Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.