Journey Over Destination Quotes

Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

I have always believed that process is more important than results.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

The end of a melody is not its goal; but nonetheless, if the melody had not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.

Success isn't about reaching your goals; it's about striving for things, like the joy of trying to raise a family, trying to be a successful singer, trying to write good songs, trying to be a better person. It's that old thing about life being about the journey, not the destination.

No. The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.

The process, not the final achievement, is what it's all about.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's really in the doing it, and loving what you're doing.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.

For the warrior of light there are no ends, only means. Life carries him from unknown to unknown. Each moment is filled with this thrilling mystery: the warrior does not know where he came from or where he is going.

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.

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 person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

It's not interesting to achieve; the ways of achievement are interesting.

I find that it is important to work slowly. Anyone who looks at such a canvas will follow the same path the artist took, and he will experience that it is the path which counts more than the outcome of it, and that the route taken has been the most interesting part.

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

Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.

Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.

The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing.

The journey is better than the inn".