Kristin Armstrong Quotes

I have seen quite a lot of things in life. I would not like to change anything. Because every moment of my life has taught me something.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

I can't help but be thankful, and really appreciate everything I have been through, good and bad, because it got me here!

You tend to take your journey for granted after a while, but when I pause and look back, I feel blessed that I had so many opportunities.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Every year, I appreciate life more because of the deeper understanding of what it took to get this far.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.

You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

Out here, everything is bigger. You see strange things, and that changes you.

To me, Wonderlust is all about living life with a sense of adventure. I'm so honoured; I love being a Michael Kors woman.

When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.

I like to take walks and getting out and seeing things. These experiences are so irreplaceable and give you a whole different perspective on the greater context that you're in. If I didn't try to take advantage of that, I'd be missing out on a lot of really interesting things.

I enjoyed every experience that life offers.

I wouldn't change anything I went through for the world, because it got me here.

I'm always thankful for the stuff I went through and thankful for the people I've met, and I'm thankful even for some of the bad times because all of it helps get you to wherever you are in your life.

Obviously, I have to enjoy all I have. People depend on you, and now I can look back at everything I've gone through to get here with a different perspective.

You'd never be able to appreciate what's good in life if you've never experienced the bad.

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).

The landscape changes, so enjoy it: of course, you have to have an objective in mind - to reach the top. But as you are going up, more things can be seen, and it's no bother to stop now and again and enjoy the panorama around you. At every meter conquered, you can see a little further, so use this to discover things that you still had not noticed.

When you arrive where you thought you wanted to be, you'll just begin a new journey so enjoy each step along the way

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