Harry Chapin Quotes

So much better to travel than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's not the destination, It's the glory of the ride.

The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.

I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.

The journey is more important than where you end up.

I am a believer in the journey and enjoying the journey.

To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Winning and losing isn't everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.

The journey is the reward

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else. We can enjoy every moment of movement, as long as where we are is as good as where we'd like to be. That's not to say that you need to be satisfied forever with where you are today. But you need to honor what you've accomplished, rather than thinking of what's left to be done (p. 159).

It's the journey, not the destination. I truly believe that.

Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.

Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive

Focus on the journey, not on arriving at a certain destination.

Winning and losing aren't all they're cracked up to be, but the trip to the destination is.

Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way.

The journey is the treasure.

When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event.

It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

I'm a big believer that the reception is not the endeavor. And what I enjoy about almost all my work is the endeavor, the doing of something.

I always say it is not the arrival; it is the journey.