100+ Amazing Quotes About The Journey Of Life

“Life is a journey quotes” are one of the best ways to step outside of our comfort zone and/or to help us motivate us to continue through this journey of life with a more positive outlook.

Why? You may ask.

Because in life, we face many ups and downs. And most of the time, the downs can have a detrimental effect on our mental health and on our ability to see the purpose of our life’s journey. So, we get lost, not knowing what to do, or what to strive for in life.

Hopefully, these famous quotes about the journey of life are there for you to help. Here are 100+ inspirational journey quotes to help you with your life’s journey.

100+ Quotes About The Journey Of Life

Best Quotes For Life Journey

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

“We are all born alone and die alone. The loneliness is definitely part of the journey of life.”
– Genova Chen

“Life is a journey, isn’t it? Despite the occasional despair.”
– Ralph G. Mcfadden

“Man’s real home is not a house, but the road and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.”
– Bruce Chatwin

“Life is a journey of either Fate or Destiny. Fate is the result of giving in to one’s wounds and heartaches. Your Destiny unfolds when you rise above the challenges of your life and use them as Divine opportunities to move forward to unlock your higher potential.”
– Caroline Mys

“Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.”
– Pope Francis

“Life is a journey and it’s about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are and loving who and what you are.”
– Kelly McGillis

“One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.”
– J. A. Konrath

“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind…”
– Henri Frederick Amiel

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

“The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.”
– Barbara De Angelis

“Life is about waking up. It is a journey of discovery and you’ve already bought the ticket and are sitting on the train.”
– Michael Sheridan

Deep Quotes and Sayings On Journey

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
– Douglas Adams

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
– Terry Pratchett

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien

“A journey is time suspended.”
– Louis L’Amour

“Each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
– Matsuo Basho

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”
– Heraclitus

“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.”
– John Steinbeck

“The only journey is the one within.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke

“Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be…Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.”
– Erich Fromm

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

“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

“If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas.”
– Steve Maraboli

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
– Guy Gavriel Kay

“Sometimes the longest journey we make is the sixteen inches from our heads to our hearts.”
– Elena Avila

Best Quotes About The Journey Not The Situation

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

“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”
– Drake

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
– Ursula K. Le Guin

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.”
– Norton Juster

“Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.”
– Chanda Kochhar

“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

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

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

“I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.”
– David Archuleta

“Sometimes it’s worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination.”
– Richelle Mead

“It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way”
– Jeremy Aldana

“It is the story that matters not just the ending.”
– Paul Lockhart

“A journey indeed, in an emotional roller-coaster.”
– Ana Monnar

Inspirational Journey Quotes

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
– Lau Tzu

“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.”
– Joss Whedon

“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

“Don’t pretend to be what you’re not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is no pretense, it is a journey to self-realization.”
– Michael Bassey Johnson

“I think our life is a journey, and we make mistakes, and it’s how we learn from those mistakes and rebound from those mistakes that set us on the path that we’re meant to be on.”
– Jay Ellis

“There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.”
– Amy Morin

“Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside.”
– Ann Voskamp

“Whole life is a search for beauty. But, when the beauty is found inside, the search ends and a beautiful journey begins.”
– Harshit Walia

“Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.”
– Santosh Kalwar

“Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it.”
– Joyce Meyer

Best Enjoy The Journey Quotes

“If the path is beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”
– Anatole France

“Successful people enjoy the journeys they embark on, irrespective of whether they reach their destination or not.”
– Zain Hashmi

“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

“The journey of life is not meant to be feared and planned; It is meant to be traveled and enjoyed.”
– Unknown

“The journey is the reward.”
– Tao Expression

“We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.”
– Gloria Gaither

“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.”
– Fitzhugh Mullan

“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
– Arthur Custance

“It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey than to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty.”
– Germany Kent

“The journey is yours. Enjoy each and every step.”
– Unknown

“Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.”
– Nadia Comaneci (“enjoying the journey quote”)

“We’ve been focusing so much on getting there that we haven’t been enjoying the ride”
– Elizabeth Eulberg

“On a journey” Quotes

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

“I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I’m on, and to relish each day as a gift.”
– James McGreevey

“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
– Aaron Lauritsen

“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
– Marcel Proust

“The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.”
– Dag Hammarskjold

“I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.”
– Carl Sandburg

“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
– Aaron Lauritsen

“I am learning to trust the journey even when I do not understand it.”
– Mila Bronit

“I may be going nowhere, but what a ride.”
– Shaun Hick

“In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Ah, how hard a thing it is to tell what a wild, and rough, and stubborn wood this was, which in my thought renews the fear.”
– Dante Alighieri

New Journey Quotes

“I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan.”
– Vivian Jokotade (one of the best “the journey begins” quotes)

“A little step may be the beginning of a great journey.”
– Unknown

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
– Henry Miller

“Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I’ve been blessed to experience such a lot.”
– Bindi Irwin

“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.”
– Ivy Baker Priest

“Every day is a journey filled with twists and turns. Every day, if you smile, you will feel alive, my son.”
– Santosh Kalwar

“Every journey begins with the first step of articulating the intention, and then becoming the intention.”
– Bryant McGill (the best beginning of a journey quote)

“The longer you journey with your eyes on heaven, the more you begin to see.”
– Joni Eareckson Tada

Quotes About Paths And Journeys

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle.”
– Jeanette Winterson

“Everybody has a different journey. Everybody has a different path, and you don’t really know what to expect. All you know is to just keep plugging away, and you hope something will come through and something will happen.”
– Grace Gealey

“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

“Life is a journey that has a lot of different paths, but any path you choose use it as your destiny.”
– Ryan Leonard

“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.”
– Joseph Campbell

“Whither will my path yet lead me? This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it.”
– Hermann Hesse

“The path of peace is not a passive journey. It takes incredible strength not to open a can of ‘whoop-ass’, justifiably, when ones button is pushed.”
– T.F. Hodge

Which of these Inspirational journey quotes were your favorite?

No matter what happens, these “enjoying the journey quotes” will help you stay on top of your game. Be inspired, be open to new paths and challenges, and express true gratitude for the journey of life. You will be thankful you did.

Hopefully, these quotes for journey have provided you with some inspiration to live life more mindful and actually enjoy the journey. Use them as a guide, or pick your favorite one.

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