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Lao-TzuIf you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecDo not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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D. H. LawrenceThe great home of the soul is the open road.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

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Vincent Van GoghNormality is a paved road. It’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow on it.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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RumiIt’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Antonio PorchiaThey will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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Antonio PorchiaFollowing straight lines shortens distances, and also life.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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Jerry SeinfeldSometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

—  Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian

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Bob MarleyYou can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Ambrose BierceRoad, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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Charles de GaulleGreatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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Lord ByronLove will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

—  Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet

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George EliotIf a man goes a little too far along a new road, it is usually himself that he harms more than any one else.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

Nikos KazantzakisThe right way is uphill.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

William Hazlitt You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Anatole FranceIf the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Joseph CampbellWhen you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellIf you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Joseph CampbellIf the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Philip RothThe road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

George HerbertEvery mile is two in winter.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

Joseph ConradAll roads are long which lead to one's heart's desire.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Joseph ConradI always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

BouddhaYou can not walk the path unless you become the path.

—  Bouddha, 563-483 BC, Indian founder of Buddhism

Latin Quotes

HannibalI shall either find a way or make one.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

—  Hannibal, 247-183 BC, Carthaginian military commander

     (crossing the Alps with his army around 212 BC)

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Latin proverbBeaten path, safe path.

Via trita, via tuta.

—  Latin proverb

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Quotes in Verse

Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Antonio MachadoTravelers, there is no path,
paths are made by walking.

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

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Antonio MachadoAs you go, you open a path, and looking back you see a path that you will never walk again.

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

Ancient Greek

HeraclitusThe road up and the road down is the same.

Οδός άνω και κάτω μία.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Proverbs

Chinese proverbTo know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

—  Chinese proverb

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