“I think creative blocks come from people's life journeys. If you don't know who you are or what you're about or what you believe in it's really pretty impossible to be creative.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsBelieveCreativeImpossibleJourneyWho You AreBlockBe CreativeLife JourneyReally PrettyCreative Block Author:Rainn Wilson
“All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day.” PeopleWorldNeedsWellsArtRealityWantedChanceMy OwnJourneyMaterialsUnderstoodOkayCreatorPossessionNew BeginningsClose FriendsUnderstand MeMy JourneyMaterial PossessionsMy Own WorldOpen Road Author:Charlotte Erickson
“Life is a journey, not a home; a road, not a city of habitation; and the enjoyments and blessings we have are but little inns on the roadside of life, where we may be refreshed for a moment, that we may with new strength press on to the end - to the rest that remaineth for the people of God.” PeopleMayLittlesEndsMomentsHomeLife IsCitiesJourneyBlessingPressesEnjoymentInnsLife Is A JourneyRoadside Author:Horatius Bonar
“Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records.” PeopleRecordsJourneyElementsFundamentalsSellsDance Music Author:Seth Troxler
“Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.” PeopleWorldMadeStoriesPurposeLeaderImagineJourneyGainsThorough Author:Chinua Achebe
“When you are waiting for a train, don't keep perpetually looking to see if it is coming. The time of its arrival is the business of the conductor, not yours. It will not come any sooner for all your nervous glances and your impatient pacing, and you will save strength if you will keep quiet. After we discover that the people who sit still on a long railroad journey reach that journey's end at precisely the same time as those who "fuss" continually, we have a valuable piece of information which we should not fail to put to practical use.” PeopleIfsShouldLongStillsEndsUseWaitingPiecesFailingJourneyInformationQuietTravelTrainValuablePracticalsNervousGlancesImpatientArrivalsRailroadsConductorPacing Author:Anna Brackett
“Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.” PeopleHumansMomentsWaitingHuman BeingsFocusJourneyPleaseHeightAppropriateArrivalsAppropriate Time Author:Confucius
“The time passes so quickly during these full and active middle years that most people arrive at the end of middle age and the beginning of later maturity with surprise and a sense of having finished the journey while they were still preparing to commence it.” PeopleYearsStillsEndsAgeJourneyMiddleSurpriseActiveFinishedMaturityPreparingMiddle AgesTime Passes Author:Robert J. Havighurst
“The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll now be able to give something back and bring the world back home after this incredible journey.” PeopleWorldGivingHomeAbleCommunityJourneyLessonsIncrediblesMilesSquaresBack Home Author:Barack Obama
“You can always meet stupid people in your life journey; you should treat them like the way candle treats darkness: Illuminate them!” PeopleWayLifeShouldDarknessJourneyStupidTreatsCandleStupid PeopleLife JourneyPeople In Your Life Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“When contemplating the pursuit of a dream or the start of a new venture, too many people are hesitant to begin because they can't comprehend the entire journey. If that's where you find yourself right now, don't expect to understand what it takes to get to the top. Just take the next step. There's no shame in starting small; in fact, if you don't start small, you'll probably never start at all.” PeopleIfsFactsDreamNextStepsJourneyRight NowShameStartingPursuitFinding YourselfContemplatingVentureNext StepsHesitantNew Ventures Author:John C. Maxwell
“Courage looks you straight in the eye. She is not impressed with power trippers, and she knows first aid. Courage is not afraid to weep, and she is not afraid to pray, even when she is not sure who she is praying to. When she walks it is clear she has made the journey from loneliness to solitude. The people who told me she was stern were not lying. they just forgot to mention she was kind.” PeopleKnowsFirstsLooksKindMadeEyeLyingWalksClearJourneyLonelinessPrayingSolitudeAidsNot SureNot AfraidImpressedNot Impressed Author:J. Ruth Gendler
“Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.My father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream.” PeopleDreamAmericaFatherParentBornChancePoorJourneyEssenceElectionBarsIslandsAmerican DreamCubaBartenderPoor Family Author:Marco Rubio
“I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.” PeopleWantFeelsMeanJourneyPrivilegeSequels Author:Justin Lin
“We all want to inspire! As we go on our life's journey, some people inspire us and in turn, we would like to do something to inspire other people.” PeopleWantTurnsOur LivesJourneyInspireGoes OnInspire Others Author:Barbara Padilla
“A good story is always a journey. It is about taking the journey, the people the hero meets along the way and how they change him or her. All stories are journeys. They don't have to be shocking or outrageous: they simply have to be interesting.” PeopleWayStoriesInterestingJourneyHeroShockingOutrageousGood Story Author:Michael Scott
“I was raised Jewish by atheistic-agnostic parents. During this journey, I had people from all walks and all faiths try to help. A Jewish priest who I was friends with wanted to lay hands on me - I didn't ask questions about how - I just said when and where and how often do you want to do it? I didn't argue.” PeopleWantTryingSaidHelpingHandsWantedAsksParentWalksJourneyLaysRaisedArguingPriestsAgnosticAtheistic Author:Mark Nepo
“For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much less write about. And that's what I need; that works for me as a writer.” PeopleWantNeedsWritingBookDifficultJourneyQuestioningTopics Author:Jodi Picoult
“You mostly know that you want to be funny, know that you have the desire. It's not like people who grow up beautiful and can look in the mirror and be like, I'm beautiful! Funny is more of a journey. And a desperate attempt.” PeopleKnowsWantLooksBeautifulDesireGrowsGrowing UpJourneyMirrorsDesperate Author:Tina Fey
“Surround yourself with people that are going to support you on your journey, and get rid of the ones that don't.” PeopleSupportJourneySurroundSurround YourselfSupport YouSurround Yourself With People Author:Natalie Cook
“I believe that, your art is like a time capsule for where you were at, where your mentality was at, at that specific or that particular space in time. A lot of times people want the same thing over and over again; I'm not going to give you that, I'm just not. So, I want my fans to continue to grow with me and let's take this journey, because it ain't gon' never stop.” PeopleWantGivingBelieveArtI BelieveGrowsSpaceJourneyFansParticularArt IsMentalityTime Capsules Author:Jon Connor
“The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.” PeopleLongFacesDifficultChallengesMy OwnPowerfulJourneyHumilityCapacityProfoundLimitationLimitless Author:Barack Obama
“I think that people talk about radical life extensions as if it is just one linear kind of journey, when actually what's going to happen is we're going to radically expand our lives billions and billions of times in every way, in every dimension and so I'm looking forward to things I can't even imagine yet.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindI CanHappensOur LivesImagineJourneyBillionsRadicalJust OneDimensionsExtensionsLooking ForwardLinearOne Line Author:Barry Ptolemy
“To me good storytelling is about journeys. It's about people's journeys, people's discoveries and how they deal with those discoveries; circumstances that put people in different situations.” PeopleDifferentDealsSituationJourneyCircumstancesDiscoveryStorytellingGood Storytelling Author:Scott Cohen
“For me the journey of making a film is a journey of discovery as to what that film is. I mean what I do is what other artists do, painters, novelists, people that make music, poets, sculptors, you name it. It's about starting out and working with the material and discovering through making, working with the material the artifact.” PeopleMeanFilmArtistNamesJourneyPoetMaterialsDiscoveryStartingPainterNovelistsDiscoveringSculptorsStarting OutArtifacts Author:Mike Leigh
“My Open Hearts Family celebrates not only the traditional family but also extended families that we create from the people we open our hearts to as we journey through life.” PeopleHeartJourneyTraditionalCelebrateOpen HeartExtended FamilyTraditional FamilyJourney Through Life Author:Jane Seymour
“It is clearly not the journey for everyone. People succeed in as many ways as there are people. Some can be completely fulfilled with destinations that are much closer to home and more comfortable. But if you long to keep going, then I hope you are able to follow my lead to the places I have gone. To within a whisper of your own personal perfection. To places that are sweeter because you worked so hard to arrive there. To places at the very edge of your dreams.” PeopleIfsWayInspirationalLongHardHomeDreamInspirationMotivationalAbleMotivationGoneJourneySucceedComfortablePerfectionEdgesYour DreamsDestinationKeep GoingFulfilled Author:Michael Johnson
“To a greater or lesser extent there goes on in every person a struggle between two forces: the longing for privacy and the urge to go places: the introversion, interest directed within oneself toward one's own inner life of vigorous thought and fancy; and extroversion, interest directed outward, toward the external world of people and tangible values.” PeopleWorldPersonsTwoValuesForceInterestStruggleGreaterJourneyGoes OnLongingOneselfFancyPrivacyUrgesTangibleVigorousInner LifeIntroversion Book:Lectures on Russian Literature Source: Lectures on Russian Literature
“I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.'” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFirstsSaidWarEndsPlayShowsWantedJourneyFirst TimeProductionsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IFestivalsEdinburgh Author:Tom Hiddleston
“People can have all the expectations that they want, but I know that you never know what's going to happen in life. Everything is part of the journey.” PeopleKnowsWantHappensJourneyExpectations Author:Erin Davie
“Sometimes people who have their lives played out in public don't feel they have the privacy to continually journey within. I did, and that's why I have longevity.” PeopleFeelsSometimesJourneyPrivacyLongevity Author:Shirley MacLaine
“If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull people on that journey.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldWritingEnoughJourney Author:Alan Menken
“For me to get the support and the love and response we did from critics, but to also be at Trader Joe's and have women come up to me and cry and hug me is on another level. That makes you take a step back because there are genuine emotions at stake. People were truly on a journey with her. This story opened up week by week like a flower. It was just a magical season, and I'm so happy I got to do it.” PeopleStoriesLevelsEmotionStepsSupportJourneyWeekCryFlowerSeasonsResponseCriticsCome UpGenuineStakesHugTradersHug Me Author:Monica Potter
“I don't think you can tell somebody how they should collect. I think it's just about being turned on by art.At the end of the day, some people just kind of get it. They don't all get it in the same way or get the same artists, but it's a journey that excites them.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldKindArtEndsArtistJourneyThe End Of The Day Author:Larry Gagosian
“It's hard enough to change ourselves. We can't expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves.” PeopleFeelsHardEnoughJourneyFeel Better Author:Deepak Chopra
“I feel any time you enter a dream world it's like you're working out things, it's all inside your mind and you're working it out, be it Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, or the kids in Narnia, they go through this weird journey that's not real, and they're going through this journey psychologically. It's that journey of discovery, of getting onself together, that fantasy and fairy tales are so good at. And while some people still look upon them as completely unrealistic, for me they're more real than most things that are perceived as real.” PeopleWorldFeelsMindLooksStillsRealDreamKidsTogetherFantasyJourneyLike YouDiscoveryWork OutTalesLook UpFairyWorking ItFairy TaleWizardsNarniaDream World Author:Tim Burton
“The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.” PeopleGivingProblemJourneyInspireTrialsTribulationTrials And TribulationsIntricacy Author:Umera Ahmed
“Culture is the intersection between people and dealing with the journey of life itself. How to deal with life, how a people deals with life is literally manifested in its culture, in its food, in its music, in its art, in the way you dance, the way you communicate.” PeopleWayArtLife IsCultureDealsJourneyCommunicateLife JourneyIntersections Author:Wendell Pierce
“Your actions are not in a vacuum. They impact other people. It may be in a way that's less obvious than in mainstream movies, but it comes to an understanding of who those people are. It also leaves it open to interpretation. And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.” PeopleWayHumansMayArtActionFormUnderstandingHuman BeingsJourneyArt IsImpactObviousWho We AreInterpretationMainstreamVacuums Author:Wendell Pierce
“Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.” PeopleIfsI CanJourneyEffectsPlanetsComplexesConcreteVery HappyGalaxySubjective Author:Roger Ballen
“I bring the experiences of women. As a daughter, as a mother, as a wife, as a sister. That is who I am. Those experiences are part of me. And it is part of our American journey that we have moved through so much of what used to hold people back because of gender, because of race.” PeopleUsedMotherRaceWifeJourneyDaughterMovedGenderWho I AmOld People Author:Hillary Clinton
“I believe that it is appropriate for young people in society to revisit Malcolm's journey and his role in history.” PeopleBelieveYoungI BelieveRolesJourneyAppropriate Author:Ilyasah Shabazz
“In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of a line of Shakespeare. I can't stand it.” PeopleI CanHomeLinesJourneyDiscoveryTheatreComing HomeCowsHopkins Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I love to see new talent, new people beginning. It's a wonderful thing, and one wonders where their journey will take them. Sometimes they ask me for advice but it's very difficult to advise people. Everyone has their own destiny really.” PeopleSometimesAsksDifficultWonderDestinyWonderfulJourneyAdviceTalentAsk MeWonderful ThingsAdviseNew Talent Author:Greg Lake
“I don't want the people I'm with on this journey to feel like I'm filming them all the time. I don't want them to constantly feel as though they're being watched. So I will have the camera ready at all times, but I will only film when something is really worth filming. Those are the moments when the person being filmed is usually not aware of it.” PeopleWantFeelsPersonsMomentsFilmJourneyReadyCamerasAll Time Author:Kim Longinotto
“I think it's very, very, very hard to get a book published. I never want to be one of those teachers that say, 'don't do this, ' because how sad would the world be if people didn't create art and write? But, it's not an easy journey being a writer.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantWritingArtBookHardEasyTeacherJourney Author:Alyson Richman
“There was on section in First Corinthians 13 that talks about (showing) patience, kindness, politeness, how can I demonstrate forgiveness to my children and more fully enjoy them as they're growing up and vice versa. And so, each of those has a day's journey. There are 40 days that people will go through in applying these biblical principles for their kids. We spell them out in layman's terms so it's really easy to grasp a principle.” PeopleFirstsChildrenKidsEasyEnjoyTermPrinciplesKindnessGrowing UpGrowingJourneyVicesMy ChildrenSpellsBiblicalSectionsPolitenessVice VersaLaymanCorinthians Author:Alex Kendrick
“The one thing you can do that the audience can't do - all those smart people online in the chat rooms can't do - is deliver a satisfying emotional journey for a human being, for a character.” PeopleHumansCharacterCan DoHuman BeingsRoomsAudienceOne ThingJourneyEmotionalSmartOnlineSatisfyingSmart People Author:Frank Spotnitz
“Don't rely on the money to drive you. Allow the passion to drive you and allow people to come into your life that love you the most and (who want to) enjoy that journey with you.” PeopleWantPassionEnjoyJourneyLove YouRely Author:Drew Waters
“I've changed my ways - from what roles I was picking till now. I don't do straight "faith" movies. It's one thing I always tell people. I'm not a preacher, I'm a sinner. I'm still learning and falling in a journey that God has me on and doing the best I can.” PeopleWayStillsI CanFallRolesOne ThingJourneyChangedMy WaySinnerPreacherI've Changed Author:Drew Waters