Patti Smith Quotes

Everyone's journey is completely different.

When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.

Everybody has their own story; everybody has their own journey.

The only reason I wound up in Nashville and went to Belmont University is because that's where I needed to be.

Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another...The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness.

We're all born, and if you're going to live to be elderly, you'll have gone through a life journey different than anyone else's. It's unique to you, but you'll have some common themes.

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip.

It is not humility to insist on being someone that you are not. It is as much as saying that you know better than God who you are and who you ought to be. How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man's city? How do you expect to reach your own perfection by leading somebody else's life? His sanctity will never be yours; you must have the humility to work out your own salvation in a darkness where you are absolutely alone.

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.

We can't reach old age by another man's road.

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.

I have my own unique road that has had many exciting ups and heart-breaking downs, but one thing I know is that my journey is not over and the best is yet to come.

Not that the path was smooth and pothole free. But still, it was my path, and like me, it was bound to be unique." -Zoey

No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.

Be grateful for your journey because it is yours alone.

A man must walk only his own path...Never another's or his feet will grow tired and sore. And he will feel lost even when he arrives.

I think we all do our own thing and we all have our own talents, but it's good to know that you have a family tree of success so if you need the help on your journey to success then you can look around and see it around you.

The moment that he begins to walk along it, the warrior of the light recognizes the path.

Isn't everyone just travelling down their own road watching the signs as they go?

Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has momentarily been interrupted by extraneous forces.

Judaism, Christianity, Islam, all of these are branches, the root is love and that's where I went. I went straight to the root, I forgot the branches and I went straight to the root so that is how I see it, that is after I said of research and study and going through different phases of mental evolution, mental and consciousness evolution, not just believing in a book, believing in a certain idea, being willing to think for yourself and formulate your own ideas.

I truly believe that the job of an actor and the drive of an actor is simulating the internal journey in life which is to get deeper and deeper into our understanding of who we are.

I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people.

A man is never more his single separate self than when he sets out on a journey.