“Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life ... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.” Has BeensWonderfulJourneyHonorCongressServingExhilaratingWonderful Journey Author:J. C. Watts
“You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many times it has been proven to you.” BelieveHas BeensMatterJoyGoalJourneyDestinationProvenGrimDark Tower SeriesGoal Oriented Book:The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower Source: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
“I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours in seemingly random patterns, yet, in the end, have been carefully placed to reveal a remarkable tapestry. I believe God is the weaver at that loom.” LifeInspirationalBelieveHas BeensEndsGodI BelieveWalksLordJourneyConfidenceFellowsPatternsThis LifeRemarkableBelieve In GodTrust In GodBeing AloneConfidence In GodTapestryGod Is In ControlWeaversSojourners Author:Richard Paul Evans
“The Three Wiseman: The weather has been awful, The countryside is dreary, Marsh, jungle, rock; and echoes mock, Calling our hope unlawful; But a silly song can help along Yours ever and sincerely: At least we know for certain that we are three old sinners, that this journey is much too long, that we want our dinners, and miss our wives, our books, our dogs, but have only the vaguest idea why we are what we are. To discover how to be human now Is the reason we follow this star.” KnowsWantHumansLongHas BeensBookIdeasReasonHelpingCertainSongThreeStarsWifeJourneyRocksDogMissingCallingDinnerSillyWeatherAwfulSinnerEchoesJungleSincerelyCountrysideMockDrearyMarshesUnlawful Author:W. H. Auden
“As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I would take their protection with me. The lessons I had learned, the feelings of groundedness and belonging that have been woven into my character there, would be my companions on the journey.” WorldHas BeensCharacterFeelingsHomeWould BeBehindsJourneyThis WorldLessonsMy FamilyProtectionCompanionBelongingNurturingWovenGroundedness Author:Sidney Poitier
“If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has love for which I can only be grateful.” IfsWayHas BeensI CanFormLossPerfectJourneyShapesGratefulCirclesBe GratefulMy JourneyMessage In A BottleLetter In A Bottle Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Many of us are returning from a long journey during which we were forced to search for things that were of no interest to us. Now we realize that they were false. But this return cannot be made without pain, because we have been away for a long time and feel that we are strangers in out own land. It will take some time to find the friends who also left, and the places where our roots and treasures lie. But this will happen.” FeelsLongHas BeensMadeHappensPainLyingLeftInterestRealizingJourneyLandReturnLong TimeRootsStrangerTreasureWithout PainLong JourneyWitch Of Portobello Author:Paulo Coelho
“In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.” MenLongHas BeensGivenNationsPleasurePathRiskJourneyGreatnessFameMen And WomenLaborProsperityRichesSettlingMakersLeisureObscureHeartedShortcutsDoersRuggedFaint Hearted Author:Barack Obama
“When you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared and white-creased, the trail you recogonize so well you could draw it by heart and for this very reason keep it with you on journeys at all times. And yet, when you least expect it, one day you open your eyes and there is an unfamiliar turnoff, a vantage point taht wasn't there before, and you have to stop and wonder if maybe this landmark isn't new at all, but rather something you have missed all along.” IfsYearsWellsHeartHas BeensReasonEyeWhiteWonderJourneyDogOne DayDrawsPartnersAll TimeMapsWornTrailsGlovesUnfamiliarLandmarksVantage Point Author:Jodi Picoult
“For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook the thought away. I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination. Because however it had happened, I'd somehow ended up eating shrimp in a dingy downtown shack with a girl that I already knew I'd never forget.” WayHas BeensDifferentDoneMomentsGirlFatherParentForgetHappenedJourneyRegretEatingDestinationNever ForgetNo RegretsDowntownShackShrimp Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.” HumansHas BeensJoyGivenCan DoHuman BeingsMarriageJourneyGreat ThingsOccasionsImmenseHelm Book:Letters and Papers from Prison Source: Letters and Papers from Prison
“This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil; I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?” LooksHas BeensStillsPastCuttingJourneyFeetMastersOceanPaidAncientCancerDuesStuckShipsDesertSoilBuriedMudMy PastApprenticeSlippers Author:Abraham Verghese
“I thought of you with your hair silver as snow all through that cold, slow journey from Sirle. I felt you troubled deep within me, and there was no other place in the world I would rather have been than in the cold night riding to you. When you opened your gates to me, I was home.” WorldHas BeensHomeNightFeltJourneyHairColdSnowSilverGatesRidingPlaces In The WorldDeep WithinThoughts Of YouCold Night Book:The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Source: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
“I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.” ThinkingMenFeelsLongHas BeensStillsI CanDreamHandsJourneyMy FriendsBlueExcitedConclusionRedemptionBordersExcitementShakesUncertainPacificFree ManLong Journey Author:Stephen King
“Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels, it is the spirit that is experienced. That is why there exist contemplative souls who have lived more intensely, more widely, more tumultuously than others who have lived their lives purely externally. The end result is what matters. What one felt was what one experienced. One retires to bed as wearily from having dreamed as from having done hard physical labor. One never lives so intensely as when one has been thinking hard.” ThinkingWorldHas BeensSoulEndsMatterHardDoneLife IsSpiritFeltResultsJourneyMaterialsBedLaborRetiringWhat MattersContemplativeMaterial WorldEnd ResultsThinking Hard Author:Fernando Pessoa
“Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . —Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH” WayLongHas BeensHardDoneWishTakenJourneyThirdsMy WayGatesInstructionFear NotGatekeepers Author:Robert Fulghum