"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

10/2/17

Quotes on PATH, ROAD, STREET and WAY



"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of the men of old. Seek what they sought." ~Matsuo Basho


"A balanced life will lead you to a path which will take you to the peak of success." ~Anon

"And somehow despite the drama, the pain of dissidence, the weighing of our truth, the owning of who we are and how we fit in among the places that consume our peace, we manage to keep walking our path. We sing our soul's song. We breathe in and out. We bless and release and pray that the peace in our heart will transmute to love in our outer world. So, we persevere. We dare to hope our individual voice is heard and multiplied. We love despite it all. It's what we do. It's the best of who we are and it's needed now more than ever." ~Jody Doty

"As you walk along the unbeaten path listen to the birds chirping, squirrels chatting, insects clicking, the rustle of leaves, feel the breeze upon your cheek and know that it is nature's way of saying, 'Welcome back to the Earth child, we've been waiting for your return for so very long.'" ~DJ Hinton

"Be gentle and loving with each being for they are in your path to help you remember your light." ~Rodger Briley

"But every road is rough to me that has no friend to cheer it " ~Elizabeth Shane 1920

"Change takes time...be patient....new paths in the wilderness require we walk them again and again before they are fully formed." ~Eileen Dielesen....the 'Woman with a Dream'

"Changing your life often begins with the inner work. It can be a tender process of stripping away the beliefs and dreams that no longer resonate for you. It is not an easy path, but it is worth it. Because one day soon you will be standing on the shore of a brighter tomorrow. One that feels like home and is big enough to hold all of you." ~Illuminating Souls

"Choices we make and paths we take create our lives. Take responsibility of your choices and paths. That's what makes us who we are today and what we can be in the coming life." ~Nnie Que


"Different paths could meet and stay together, after all, even if there were a few detours along the way." ~Rebecca Holmes (People's Friend Fireside Reading #33 (For Richer, For Poorer)

"Don’t judge the path…just take the journey. All roads eventually lead to a place of love." ~Robert Clancy on Follow Your Heart

"Don't let others make your path for you. It is yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you."
~Native American Code of Ethics

"Each man has a path that he must tread. It is important that he walks through it alone. In this pathless land of a million pathways, we seek which one will bring us there." ~Yesu Ben

"Every person has their own path in the sand, but most of us work much too hard trying to walk in other's footsteps rather than accept who we are and what we can be." ~Thomas Plummer


"Every road I took always end up going home and that's the best road because my family resides in our home , no matter what road I take home is where the heart is and where love resides!" ~Lizzy Oj

"Every road leads somewhere ..." ~Michael Traveler, Postcards from the Backroads

"Everyone has their own path. Walk yours with integrity and wish all others peace on their journey. When your paths merge, rejoice for their presence in your life. When the paths are separated, return to the wholeness of yourself, give thanks for the footprints left on your soul, and embrace the time to journey on your own." ~Anon

"Face your life. Its pain, its pleasure. Let no path untaken." ~Neil Gaiman

"Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward." ~Roy T. Bennett

"Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering."
~Yoda

"Fight the darkness from within by reaching the light. We're the ones who will decide which path to take." ~Dwayne Segador

"Follow the path your heart longs to take. It's time, it's time … it's time." ~Happiness In Your Life

"I walk a new path on this late part of day, feeling at peace with the scenic trail and sharing the pulse of nature all around me. My thoughts are light enough to be carried along with the dove’s airy call. I’m not feeling overwhelmed with finding the many penetrating answers to life’s biggest questions. I don’t feel any urgency to attend the latest seminar that will expose what is holding me back from discovering my personal truth. And I do not sense any need to seek and uncover the deepest of spiritual reason. Instead, I simply yield to settling into the heart of where I am, right now. Like a heron landing effortlessly to stand stoically in a pond. You learn in this life, there are times to go forth and search for meaning, just as there are times to be still and let meaning find you, exactly where you are, in the truest of places." ~Susan Frybort

"If God sends us on stony paths, He provides strong shoes." ~Corrie ten Boom

"If you find a path with no obstacles, it likely leads nowhere." ~Catherine DeVrye

"If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success." ~John D. Rockefeller

"If you want to win hearts, sow the seeds of Love. If you want heaven, stop scattering thorns on the road." ~Rumi

"It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish." ~Steve Maraboli

"It is important to expect nothing. To take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path. And to proceed." ~Ram Dass

"It's your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." ~Rumi

"It might be easier to find your way home on a lighted pathway, but life is so much grander when you can light that way for someone else." ~Robert Clancy

"Just because I am not on your road, doesn't mean I am lost." ~from free stuff on your journey

"Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain. But at the peak, we all gaze at the single bright moon." ~Ikkyu

"No matter where your road leads you today, you can handle it." ~We Travel Together 

"No road is long with good company." ~Turkish Proverb

“Nobody can build the bridge for you to walk across the river of life, only you yourself alone. There are, to be sure, countless paths and bridges and demi-gods which would carry you across this river; but only at the cost of yourself; you would pawn yourself and lose.” ~F. W. Nietzsche, “Untimely Meditations”

"Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path, a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life." ~Deepak Chopra

“Of all the paths you take in life, make some lead to the lake.” ~Anon

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." ~John Muir

“On this path let the heart be your guide.” ~Rumi

"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will." ~Yoda

"One can rarely achieve greatness on the path of less resistance." ~Wes Fesler

"Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being." ~Rumi

"The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines." ~Charles Kuralt

"The heart that discerns is our guiding light to the path we tread." ~Leah C. Dancel, December 8, 2021

"The Lord's paths also run across the rivers" ~Isak Dinesen from Babette's Feast

"The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfilment." ~Earl Nightingale (1921-1989)

"The more my path becomes clear, the more the people around me change." ~Sue Fitzmaurice

"The path is not soft and sweet, but jagged and elusive. It is not artificially blissful but authentically painful." ~Gary Z. McGee

“The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.” ~William Cowper on Sorrow

"The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns." ~Nelson Mandela from a message to the Global Convention on Peace and Non-violence, New Delhi, India, 31 January 2004, Living The Legacy

“The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.”
~William Cowper on Sorrow

"The path to happiness always involves the death of a story line about what we think happiness means." ~Ethan Nichter

“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” ~Anthony Robbins

"The spiritual path is not always going to be smooth and easy. There are going to be difficult situations, hardships, losses and lessons. Don't lose faith along the way. You are exactly where you need to be." ~Jenni Young

"There is no better way than the path that leads to peace, unity, understanding and co-existence. We all have our roles to play regardless of our creed and convictions." ~Duoi Ampilan

"There is no right path. Only the one that allows you to sleep soundly and wake up excited." ~Jennifer Louden

"This is the path

for those who know

there is no path
Only endless destinations
And never-ending beginnings"
~Jeff Foster

"To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment." ~Steve Maraboli

"Traveler, there are no paths. Paths are made by walking.” ~Australian Aboriginal Proverb

"Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful." ~Shams Tabrizi

"When he stepped off the straight and narrow path of his peculiar honesty, it was with an inward assertion of unflinching resolve to fall back again into the monotonous but safe stride of virtue as soon as his little excursion into the wayside quagmires had produced the desired effect." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

"You are not here by accident. You are the awakening that breathes the magic of love and light into a troubled world. While you will be tested and checked on your path, you will prove to be the survivor you have always been. Rise, release the past and be the hope of humanity that you truly are … You are the highest vibration." ~Love and Passion Awaken

"You can't travel the back roads very long without discovering a multitude of gentle people doing good for others with no expectation of gain or recognition... Some people out there spend their whole lives selflessly." ~Charles Kuralt

"You prefer the private path over the path well traveled. You like to travel alone, live alone, think alone and be alone." ~Gary Hayes

"Your pathway is a path for one. You may be original, creative, insightful, philosophical, and introverted. You view the world in a unique way." ~Gary Hayes

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ROAD

"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it." ~Jean de La Fontaine

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"A walk down an old country road is the perfect place to learn that true inner peace comes not by thinking about what you want, but by thanking God for what you already have." ~Mountain Wisdom

“Along the roads you travel, may the miles be a thousand times more lovely than lonely.” -May an Angel Always Be On Your Side


"Although the road is never ending, take a step and keep walking. Do not look fearfully into the distance. On this path let the heart be your guide, for the body is hesitant and full of fear." ~Rumi

"At any time, you can decide to change the road you’re on in life, take a new direction, follow a new trail. You are the only one who really knows what you want from life and if you’re on the right road for you." ~Anon

"Bring awareness to each act. Walking on the road, walk fully alert; eating, eat with awareness. Whatsoever you are doing, don't let the past and the future interfere. Be in the present; that's what awareness is all about." ~Osho

"Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations." ~Lessons Learned in Life

“do not fear if the road is not easy
~ one day at a time ~
the destination is closer than you think.
just enjoy the journey.
every step is a sound of your strength.”
~The Sermon on the Mount, by Raed Braun

“Don’t keep taking the same road expecting it to get you somewhere else.” ~Anon

"Don't let your heart be a road everyone can walk on. Make it a place that can be reached only by those who really deserve it." ~Nametests

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” ~JRR Tolkien

"Hear me, that the people may once again find the a Good Road and the Shielding Tree." ~Black Elk

"I don't care how much you don't like me. The last time I checked, the road to heaven was not through your yard." ~Anon

"I want to go on a road trip, listen to good music, and discover beautiful places." ~Lessons Learned in Life

“It’s a thorny road for dreamers and poets who fantasize of majestic places and deep-seated desires of the heart that their hands may never hold.” ~Terry a O'Neal

"It is our job to prepare our children for the road, not prepare the road for our children." ~Dr. Wendy Mogel

"It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." ~Rumi

"Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next." ~Condoleeza Rice

"Looking at life from a different perspective makes you realuse that it's not the deer that is crossing the road, rather it's the road that is crossing the forest." ~Muhammad Ali

"No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back." ~Romanian Proverb (from Motivational Quotes, Twitter, June 11, 2020)

"No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back." ~Turkish Proverb

"No road is long with good company." ~Turkish Proverb

"Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk but no flowers grow." -Vincent Van Gogh

"People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." ~Dalai Lama

"Road trips ... they take us to more places than just where our feet can take us... as the eyes see beyond the lands and the mind wanders beyond the fields...." ~Hedda Tady, April 25, 2021

"Seeker, there is no road. The road is made by traveling." ~Antonio Macado

"So soften the sweetest spirits …
And compassionate hearts …
Are found in those who have
Walked the HARDEST ROAD."
~Anon

"Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take." ~Angela N. Blount

"The difficult road you are now on will likely lead to a beautiful and fulfilling destination." ~Valerie Sheppard

"The leaders of mankind are those who lift their feet from the dusty road and lift their eyes to the illumined future." ~Woodrow Wilson

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” ~William Least Heat-Moon

"The road I have travelled has not been an easy one and the path was often full of stones, but I am still here. I know that the only reason I was able to make it this far, the only reason I am still here today, is the fact that God was walking the road with me every step of the way." ~Be Human Be Kind

"The road I've travelled hasn't been easy, but I'm still here. The only reason I'm still here today is God was walking the road with me, every step of the way." ~Anon

"The road might be long. The journey might be challenging and full of dangers. Take a rest, if you must, but never turn back. Your very next step can be your moment of triump. Your very next battle can be your greatest victory." ~@Science and Metaphysics

"The road to betterment requires a brave soul and sincere heart." ~Gabby Ongauco

"This much I know is true, that God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you." ~Anon

"Travel the road where your heart leads you as that's where your passion lies." ~Sharon K. Brayfield

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~Robert Frost

"We all have our own personal roads to travel, it's only when we follow someone else's road that we deviate from our own journey. Be strong and travel your own road." ~Steven Aitchison

"Work is the world's easiest escape from boredom and the only surefire road to success." ~Marabel Morgan

"You are on the road to success when you realise failure is only a detour." ~Anon


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STREET

"I look both ways before crossing a one way street. That's how much faith I have left in humanity." ~Tom Hardy

"Though our street is exceptionally quiet and safe, the presence of the church in the area makes me feel more secure even at nighttime. I always think that God is in His Holy Temple." ~Leah C. Dancel, March 26, 2018

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WAY

"A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others." ~Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

"As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears." ~Rumi

"Either I will find a way, or I will make one." ~Philip Sidney

"I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way." ~Carl Sagan

"I know you’re tired but come, this is the way." ~Rumi

"In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way." ~Yoda

"It is because they took the easy way out that rivers, and people, go crooked." ~Jill Peterson

"It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly." ~Claude Monet

"Know for yourself the way along which you should go - do not depend on others." ~N. Sri Ram

"Obstacles are put in your way to see if what you want is really worth fighting for." ~Tom Ziglar

"Share the way by being a good example." ~Women Empowerment

"You can never lose your way, for your LIGHT will always guide you back home." ~Shari Alyse

"Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction." ~Rumi

ALL ELSE

"Although the road is never ending, take a step and keep walking. Do not look fearfully into the distance. On this path, let the heart be your guide, for the body is hesitant and full of fear." ~Rumi

“Every once in a while, take the scenic route.”  ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"The Great Way has no gate; there are a thousand paths to it." ~Wumen

"If you find all your roads and paths blocked, He will show you a secret way that no one knows." ~Rumi

"Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, up and downs, but that's its beauty." ~Happy Family

"Never underestimate the strength you have, take your life in a positive and productive direction." ~Priscilla Dancel Bierbaum

"The ground that we walk today will be our roof tomorrow." ~Anon

"The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark." ~By: Simply Me

"You always have the choice to be happy. Learn to understand the bumps in the road. Grow from them and stay positive." ~Anon

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