109+ Journey Quotes To Help Celebrating Life

The term “journey” typically refers to a physical or metaphorical passage or expedition from one place, condition, or point in time to another. It often involves a series of events, experiences, or stages of development along the way. Journeys can be undertaken for various reasons, such as personal growth, exploration, adventure, or achieving a specific goal. They can take place in the real world, like a road trip, or symbolically, like the journey of self-discovery or the journey of a character in a story. The concept of a journey is often associated with change, learning, and transformation.

Journey Quotes

1. “Don’t be discouraged if the people around you don’t see what you see in your dream. Most great people were doubted in the beginning of their journey to greatness.”
— Edmond Mbiaka

2. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
— Lao Tzu

3. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
— Tony Robbins

4. “Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”
— Arthur Ashe

5. “Your journey has molded you for the greater good.”
— Asha Tyson

6. “If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

7. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.”
— Oprah Winfrey

8. “If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”
— Thomas J. Watson

9. “You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.”
— Les Brown

10. “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.”
— Edmund Hillary

11. “If a person has any greatness in oneself, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of one’s daily work.”
— Beryl Markham, West with the Night

12. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.”
— Erol Ozan

13. “Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.”
— Suzy Kassem

14. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

15. “Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.”
— Henry Ward Beecher

16. “The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.”
— Billy Mills

17. “Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

18. “True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.”
— Froude

19. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
— Walt Disney

20. “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!”
— Penelope Riley

21. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
— Robert H. Schuller

22. “Remember why you started.”
— Anonymous

23. “We all have things we must do that we don’t really care to do and things we must do that we don’t mind doing, then there’s the goofing off.”
— Mi Oon

24. “A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
— John A. Shedd

25. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
— Steve Jobs

26. “If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”
— Will Smith

27. “You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.”
— J.K. Rowling

28. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible —the foundation for all success in life”
— Tony Robbins

29. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
— Bruce Lee

30. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill

31. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
— Thomas Alva Edison

32. “We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.”
— Samuel Smiles

33. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”
— Michael Jordan

34. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

35. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”
— Eric Thomas

36. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
— Alexander Graham Bell

37. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
— Pablo Picasso

38. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill

39. “When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.”
— Bo Bennett

40. “Success is the fruit of concentration.”
— Navjot Singh Sidhu

41. “The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.”
— T. S. Eliot

42. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.”
— Babs Hoffman

43. “Those who are successful overcome their fears and take action. Those who aren’t submit to their fears and live with regrets.”
— Jay-Z

44. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
— Bill Bradley

45. “I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.”
— Venus Williams

46. “I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”
— Jeff Bezos

47. “Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
— Ray Kroc

48. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
— Helen Keller

49. “Find the journey’s end in every step.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

50. “Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”
— Nelson Mandela

51. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.”
— Izaak Walton

52. “On your journey, don’t forget to smell the flowers. Take time out to notice that you’re alive. You can only live in one day.”
— Ray Fearon

53. “It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve.”
— Mo Farah

54. “See, life is a journey and every chapter is very interesting.”
— Zeenat Aman

55. “The journey of life is never complete without a friend to share the memories.”
— Unknown

56. “Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal.”
— Tim Cook

57. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”
— Samuel Smiles

58. “Winning and losing isn’t everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.”
— Alex Morgan

59. “Always the journey, never the destination.”
— Simon Rattle

60. “Life is a journey that has a lot different paths, but any path you choose use it as your destiny.”
— Unknown

61. “On this journey of life, spirituality is the very sand upon which we travel.”
— Robert W. Chism

62. “Life is a journey, isn’t it? Despite the occasional despair.”
— Ralph G. McFadden

63. “You must travel your own journey at your own pace; do not rush the process. . . or assume that you have to accept someone else’s choices for your life.”
— Thomas L. Jackson Ph.D

64. “A journey is a journey. Nothing dictates that first you have to climb a mountain and then explore a forest.”
— Davide Lo Vetere

65. “Roads easily traveled offer no travail and, therefore, no sense of achievement, because anything easily attained offers little value in return.”
— Joseph M. Marshall III

66. “The hero’s journey is not a summit to reach, but a summit that, when you reach it, shows you new summits in front of you waiting to be conquered.”
— Victor Hugo Manzanilla

67. “I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan.”
— Vivian Jokotade

68. “The journey to prosperity will be a long one, but so worth it!”
— Ben Gillison

69. “This thing we call life is not a destination with an end but a path down which we continue to journey as long as we can breath. Life is to be lived not squandered or to give away waiting for the end to close upon us.”
— Byron Pulsifer

70. “What you learn in tough times can be used in many ways to bless your personal life journey.”
— Scott Gordon

71. “Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.”
— Tahir Shah

72. “Put in the work, conquer your fears, and take on any challenge. The journey starts with one step and a belief in yourself.”
— Narghiza Ergashova

73. “The journey always goes, but it isn’t easy. It is always wrapped up with struggles and surprises.”
— Nasir Ali

74. “We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone.”
— Lynette Mather

75. “Yoga is a lifelong journey to discover yourself and your inner beauty.”
— Debasish Mridha

76. “God wouldn’t have put you on this journey if He wasn’t sure it was your journey.”
— Grace L. Schwarz

77. “Success is a journey, learning is a journey but happiness is a destination. Make sure you get there. Prioritize your journey to happiness.”
— Lynn Ujiagbe

78. “Journey towards our goals should be celebrated unconditionally.”
— Purvi Raniga

79. “When patience is the only option, then the journey should be joyful.”
— Santosh Kumar

80. “Your journey is in your own hands and the choices you will make over the course of your life will shape your destiny in the future.”
— Nozer Kanga

81. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.”
— Steve Maraboli

82. “Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.”
— Lolly Daskal

83. “Sometimes life takes you on a journey that changes everything you thought you wanted.”
— Melaina Rayne

84. “Life is an opportunity, seize the day, live each day to the fullest. Life is not a project but a journey to be enjoyed.”
— Catherine Pulsifer

85. “Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.”
— Banksy

86. “Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.”
— Oliver Goldsmith

87. “Embrace your life journey with gratitude, so that how you travel your path is more important than reaching your ultimate destination.”
— Rosalene Glickman

88. “Always remember life is a learning journey. Keep filling your mind with all that is worthy.”
— Catherine Pulsifer

89. “Improvement in the most important areas of you life can and should be an ongoing journey.”
— Mark Sanborn

90. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity, but in doing it.”
— Greg Anderson

91. “It’s the ride of life the journey from here to there living and loving every moment like we have none to spare.”
— Jess “Chief” Brynjulson

92. “The journey itself is going to change you, so you don’t have to worry about memorizing the route we took to accomplish that change.”
— Daniel Quinn

93. “God has arranged strange ways for some of us to find him. Sometimes He brings us on long physical journeys; sometimes He leaves us at home and makes the journey internal.”
— Abigail J. Hartman

94. “It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it.”
— H. Rider Haggard

95. “Sometimes a journey is not about the traveler. It is not about a destination. It is about the bringing together of worlds. It is about lighting a path.”
— Thomas Lloyd Qualls

96. “Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?”
— Tahir Shah

97. “To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.”
— Steve Maraboli

98. “No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don’t begin you can’t get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable!”
— Israelmore Ayivor

99. “It’s the ‘everyday’ experiences we encounter along the journey to who we wanna be that will define who we are when we get there.”
— Aaron Lauritsen

100. “A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance.”
— Tahir Shah

101. “Take risks, make bold decisions, and enjoy the journey of leaving your own unique mark in this world.”
— Felecia Etienne

102. “The most tragic journey for a person is the one she embarks on to realize her own big mistakes!”
— Mehmet Murat ildan

103. “Spirituality is not a journey in the physical sense. But self-realization, making peace between heart and mind.”
— Mwanandeke Kindembo

104. “Trust your journey. The best view is during, not after.”
— B.K. Sweeting

105. “Faith is a miraculous journey that can give you hope through struggles and failures and elevate you to new levels of successes and triumphs.”
— Germany Kent

106. “The power of your journey is hugely related to connection and alignment which are not to be taken lightly.”
— Germany Kent

107. “It is the journey that is the true destination.”
— Rik Boers

108. “It’s neither about the journey, nor the destination; but the people you travel with.”
— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

109. “Step towards that vision, only you can see. Walk that journey only you will understand.”
— Rhouveyzz

110. “The real journey begins when you ask yourself Who or What you are without a future, past, or name.”
— Bert McCoy