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26 Famous Quotes About the End of a Journey

Updated 08/28/2023

Published 10/11/2022

Belinda McLeod, BA in Secondary Education

Contributing writer

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Sometimes you know that your life is about to change, but other times an unexpected event causes you to change course. You may be searching for the perfect end-of-a-journey quote as you contemplate your change. Here are some to consider. 

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End of a journey quotes for graduation, end of a journey quotes for retirement, end of a journey quotes for a trip or adventure, end of a journey quotes for a funeral or memorial service.

We have found quotes for graduating, retiring, or going on a journey. And if you consider death an end-of-journey event, we also have selections.

Graduation is undoubtedly a significant life event. So here are some post-worthy quotes to use as you (or your friend or family member) enter the next phase of life.

1. “The heights by great men reached and kept/ Were not attained by sudden flight,/ But they, while their companions slept,/ Were toiling upward in the night.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Share this quote with someone who persevered through a tough educational challenge. 

2. “It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought – that is to be educated.” – Edith Hamilton

Perhaps the graduate may not feel the “pleasure of becoming an educated person” so soon after graduation. 

3. “You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.” – Tom Brokaw

Sometimes the best part about ending a phase of life is looking forward to the next one.

4. “Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life.” – Frederick W. Robertson

Sometimes the most important lessons are learned outside the classroom.

Some count the days until retirement, and others look at it with trepidation. Here are quotes that describe both types of outlooks.

5. “At every point in the human journey we find that we have to let go in order to move forward; and letting go means dying a little. In the process we are being created anew, awakened afresh to the source of our being.” – Kathleen R. Fischer

Surprisingly, you may find it hard to let go of your job. So here are some words of encouragement for those who face retirement with trepidation.

6. “Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something done right is an achievement.” – Unknown

Are you celebrating someone who contributed significantly to your organization? Here’s a quote for someone who always went above and beyond.

7. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

As you reflect on your career and look forward to your future endeavors, remember that WHO you are is just as important as what you have accomplished (or will accomplish.)

There are a lot of quotes about embarking on a trip or adventure. However, few can describe the bittersweet end of a journey. So, here are some end-of-a-journey quotes that may help explain how you feel.

8. “Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart.” – Myla Kabat-Zinn

Sometimes trips are difficult and painful. This quote describes how to look on the bright side of such experiences.

9. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

You've likely seen this quote on Instagram posts or used by travel bloggers. Yes, this quote is overused. However, it may perfectly describe your love of adventure.

10. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

We love this quote! International travel – especially to countries significantly different from yours – can irrevocably change you.

11. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

We have all had that painful travel experience. Hopefully, yours changed you for the better.

12. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by” — Robert Frost

This quote is from Robert Frost’s famous poem “The Road Not Traveled.” It’s often used at graduations but could work for any journey.

13. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd

Please accept our condolences if you recently lost a loved one. You may be looking for quotes about death for the funeral slideshow or service, so here are some to consider. 

Turn to Cake’s blog for additional help. These quotes might tell you if your loved one traveled a difficult road. And, of course, you might need help writing the eulogy for the service. 

14. “It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; ’tis rather an embryo state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?” – Benjamin Franklin

This quote is perfect for someone who needs reassurance that their loved one is enjoying the afterlife. 

15. “There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.” – Unknown

Some end-of-journey quotes focus on the deceased, while this encourages those left behind. 

16. “For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” – William Penn

Here’s another quote about continuing life’s journey after death.

17. “When he shall die/ Take him and cut him out in little stars/ And he will make the face of heav’n so fine/ That all the world will be in love with night/ And pay no worship to the garish sun.” – William Shakespeare

These lines from Romeo and Juliet give a romantic view of death. Juliet speaks these words about her star-crossed lover.

18. “I can assure you that those who have already passed have not only made it to the Other Side, but are in a state of bliss.” – Sylvia Browne

Sylvia Browne wrote these reassuring words in the Journal of Love & Healing. 

19. “There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.” – Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, most famous for his work “Our Town.”

20. “Death is nothing at all,/ I have only slipped into the next room/ I am I and you are you/ whatever we were to each other, that we are still.” – Henry Scott Holland

These beautiful lines open Henry Scott Holland’s poem “All Is Well.” You may consider using this piece during your loved one’s service or funeral slideshow.

21. “Your body is away from me/ but there is a window open/ from my heart to yours./ From this window, like the moon/ I keep sending news secretly.” – Rumi

Can poems be considered quotes? We think so. This short piece is “The Window” by Rumi. Readers will be comforted by the idea that their loved one is on the ultimate journey.

22. “The journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take” – J.R.R. Tolkien

This is the second quote by Tolkien on our list. 

23. “For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one” – Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran is the author of “The Prophet.”

24. “Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts” – Dorothy Ferguson

Are you saying goodbye to someone who wasn’t long on this Earth? Here is a quote to describe how you feel about your loved one’s passing.

25. “Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side, you keep walking, without the need to look back. No shock, no drama, just the lifting of a plank or two in a simple wooden gate in a clearing. Neither pain, nor floods of light, nor great voices, but just the silent crossing of a meadow” – Mark Helprin

This quote could also offer great comfort to someone suffering a loss.

26. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation” – Rumi

This quote could be used for many different purposes – for someone retiring, moving, – or for someone who passed.

The End? Or a New Beginning?

We hope these quotes offer comfort and peace to those of you who are facing a significant transition. You may also look for poems or songs about journeys and change. Even if these words are no comfort, you may feel some solace knowing that others have faced similar difficulties. 

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Embark on a journey of a lifetime with these inspiring journey quotes. Life’s a thrilling ride, filled with ups and downs.

It’s about braving the storms and cherishing time spent with loved ones.

So whether your path is spiritual, an exciting travel adventure, or just starting something new in life, let these quotes fuel your spirit for exploration and discovery.

Journey quotes to begin your path towards greatness

1. “Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is.” – Lisa

2. “The journey is never ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.” – Antonio Brown

3. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

4. “Sometimes its more about the journey than the destination.” – Jamal Crawford

5. “Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” – Arthur Ashe

6. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson

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7. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

8. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake

9. “Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin

10. “Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.” – Nadia Comaneci

11. “Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more matrure.” – Manoj Bajpayee

12. “Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

Life is a journey quotes

13. “Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.” – Oliver Goldsmith

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

15. “Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.” – Lolly Daskal

16. “Life is a journey that have a lot of different paths, but any path you choose, use it as your destiny.” – Unknown

17. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli

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18. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

19. “Everyday you got a chance to make your journey more beautiful than yesterday.” – Nitin Namdeo

20. “Every day is a journey and the journey itself is home.” – Matsuo Basho

21. “Everybody has their own story; everything has their own journey.” – Thalia

Enjoy the journey quotes

22. “Enjoy the journey as much as the destination.” – Marshall Sylver

23. “Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.” – Benedict Cumberbatch

24. “Enjoy the journey and try to get better everyday. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.” – Nadia Comaneci

25. “Enjoy the journey, the destination will come.” – Verghese

26. “Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.” – Joyce Meyer

27. “Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.” – Urijah Faber

28. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey

29. “Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.” – Chanda Kochar

30. “Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.” – Matt Biondi

31. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

32. “I haven’t been everywhere but its on my list.” – Susan Sontag

33. “You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.” – Les Brown

Inspirational journey quotes

34. “You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward.” – Aubrey O’Day

35. “Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.” – Pope Francis

36. “There’s no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker.” – Phillipa Soo

37. “I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.” – David Goggins

38. “We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” – Marcel Proust

39. “Though the road’s been rocky it sure feels good to me.” – Bob Marley

40. “We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.” – Earl Nightingale

41. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs

42. “If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.” – Enoch Powell

Motivational journey quotes 

43. “Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.” – Tennessee Williams

44. “Gotta take that adventure in order to understand your journey.” – Jennifer Pierre

45. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

46. “The beauty of my journey is that it’s always been pretty unpredictable, so stay tuned.” – Andreja Pejic

47. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot

48. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi

49. “The goal is to die with memories, not dreams.” – Unknown

50. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” – Theodore Roosevelt

51. “The harder you work from something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Sudhashree Acharya

52. “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

53. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – ILHQ

54. “When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home.” – Rumi

Positive journey quotes

55. “You may only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West

56. “Every day you got a chance to make your journey more beautiful than yesterday.” – Nitin Namdeo

57. “Stay positive. Better days are on their way.” – Unknown

58. “Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.” – Ralph Marston

59. “You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” – Kate Morton

60. “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” – Richie Norton

61. “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.” – Drew Barrymore

62. “Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think you’ve lost time. There is no short-cutting life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.” – Asha Tyson

63. “And suddenty you know…It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart

64. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

65. “Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.” – Michelle Obama

66. “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

67. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

Journey of life quotes

68. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins

69. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett

70. “Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll

71. “You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.” – Erica Jong

72. “If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather

73. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

74. “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.” – Germany Kent

75. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz

76. “Our lives are the journey we take to find our true selves!” – Alyssa Gonzalez

77. “Your braver than you believe, stronger that you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne

Which of these journey quotes were your favorites?

We all have the potential within us to be great.

But greatness isn’t about luck. It’s a choice.

We must choose to succeed and take steps towards it.

Remember, the path to success is a journey, not a quick leap.

Let these quotes inspire you to stay focused on your goals and dreams, no matter what obstacles get in your way along the path.

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100+ Meaningful Quotes About Endings

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don’t wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up. – Andy Weir

A horrible end is better than endless horror. – Oliver Markus

A man is like a novel: until the very last page, you don’t know how it will end. Otherwise, it wouldn’t even be worth reading. – Yevgeny Zamyatin

A moment’s beginning ends in a moment. – Munia Khan

A person’s destiny often ends before his death. – Milan Kundera

A sunset is nothing more and nothing less than the backside of a sunrise.                          – Craig D. Lounsbrough

All good things must come to an end. That’s why they’re called good things — otherwise, they’re just… ordinary. – Joyce Rachelle

All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that’s now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by. – Conrad Aiken

All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. – Blaise Pascal

Amidst the worldly comings and goings, observe how endings become beginnings.             – Lao Tzu

An end is only a beginning in disguise. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

An ending is something like a caboose on a train that just pulled out so that there’s room for the train that’s now arriving. The problem is, we forget that a caboose is only one part of one train. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

Beginnings and endings are simply part of a journey that isn’t stopped by either. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

Beginnings are the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. –  Sam Shepard

Build your life on your dreams; because dreams never have bad endings. – M.F. Moonzajer

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another – too often ending in the loss of both. – Tryon Edwards

Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you. – The Nightvale Podcast

Despite my pain, I felt not the regret of an ending, but the foreboding of a beginning. – Robin Hobb

Endings are a part of life, and we are wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth. – Henry Cloud

Endings are beginnings, and beginnings are ours to turn into something good. –  Elizabeth Chandler

Endings are not our destiny…They are merely interruptions-temporary pauses that one day will seem small compared to the eternal joy awaiting the faithful. –  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Endings are scary and foreign. They split you up emotionally and put you in a place where you don’t know what’s going to happen next. But with every end of the world, there is a new world that follows. – Alex Hirsch

Endings need to be lived, they cannot be ordained. – Manil Suri

Ends are not bad things; they just mean that something else is about to begin. And many things don’t end, anyway, they just begin again in a new way. Ends are not bad and many ends aren’t an ending; some things are never-ending. – C. JoyBell C .

Every bad institution of this world ends with suicide. – Victor Hugo

Every ending is a beginning. We just don’t know it at the time. – Mitch Albom

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. – Seneca the Younger

Everything begins and ends. Every day and night, every concerto, every relationship, every life. Everything ends eventually. – Lisa Genova

Everything comes to an end. A good bottle of wine, a summer’s day, a long-running sitcom, one’s life, and eventually our species. The question for many of us is not that everything will come to an end but when. And can we do anything vaguely useful until it does?  – Jasper Fforde

Everything has to come to an end, sometimes. – L. Frank Baum

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well. – Jack Kornfield

Fear not the end of your last adventure for every doorway that opens is just a journey to another. – Marlan Rico Lee

Fortunate people often have very favourable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn’t being applauded when you arrive – for that is common – but being missed when you leave. –  Baltasar Gracian

God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.    – Bernie Siegel

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. – L azurus Long

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose. – John Green

I have found the best way to avoid ending your life as a bitter wreck is to start as one.  – Morrissey

I left the ending ambiguous because that is the way life is. – Bernardo Bertolucci

I realized death isn’t the worst thing. It’s the last thing. And endings are hard, that’s all.    – Aimee Carter

I think you should aim for the stars – and hopefully avoid ending up in the clouds!              – Roxanne McKee

I’ve seen life accept endings, but I have never seen life surrender to them. – Craig D Lounsbrough

If I see an ending, I can work backwards. – Arthur Miller

If the world will never be the same again, the world will never be the same, again. – John Alejandro King

If this is not a happy ending, it is perhaps a happy beginning. – Julia Hoban

If you don’t give up your hopes and dreams, then there will always be a good ending. – Choi Minho

If you knew how your day would end, would you still begin it? – N’ Zuri Za Austin

In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth. – Karen Salmansohn

It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to has power over you. – Leon Brown

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. – Paulo Coelho

It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings. –  Gautama Buddha

It is both theoretically and practically very impossible to have a happy ending in life as long as death exists. – Mehmet Murat Ildan

It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. – Frank Zappa

It’s okay how some stories leave off without an ending. Life doesn’t always deliver the one you would expect. – Adam Silvera

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is for the best ending for one. – Oscar Wilde

Life is not always about happy endings. Sometimes it’s about finding happiness in the ending you get. –  Chip Rossetti

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle. – Anna Quindlen

Life is so utterly enraptured with beginnings that it can do little else than perpetually create space for them. And those spaces are what we call endings. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

Life is such that beginnings and endings are neither. For, in fact, they perpetually lay the groundwork for the other. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

Life prepares you so that you can create a happy ending. – Jose Jose

Life’s like a movie, write your ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. – Jim Henson

Little beginnings sometimes have great endings. – Benvenuto Cellini

Love is life’s end but never-ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding. – Herbert Spencer

My fear of endings too often blocks my hope of beginnings. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

No story ever ends, does it? It just leads to others. – Rick Riordan

Not all boats which sail into darkness never find the sun again, or the hand of another child; if life teaches anything at all, it teaches that there are so many happy endings that man who believes there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question. – Stephen King

Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly. – Susanna Kaysen

Peace is a never-ending process… It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together. – Óscar Arias

People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one. – Marina Abramovic

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! – J. R. R. Tolkien

Sometimes ends are in fact beginnings; beginnings end. – Anna Godbersen

Sometimes painful endings bring the best new beginnings. – Shae Ross

Sometimes the end is a fresh start in disguise. – Akiroq Brost

Surely you know that whatever the play, the curtain always falls at the end. – Bandi

The battle of getting better is never-ending. – Antonio Brown

The beginning is the best time to think about the end! – Mehmet Murat ildan

The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over. – Jodi Picoult

The dark ending does not cancel out the brightness of the middle. Your day of greatest joy cannot be dimmed by any shame. – Tony Hoagland

The end is never the end. It’s always the beginning of something. – Kate Lord Brown

The end is the beginning of all things, suppressed and hidden, waiting to be released through the rhythm of pain and pleasure. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

The end of one chapter is just the beginning of another.   Read on… the best part is always yet to come. – Susan Gale

The end of things, the real end, is never a neat turn of the screw, never a door that is suddenly shut, but more like an atmospheric change, clouds that slowly gather – more a whimper than a bang. – Valeria Luiselli

The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin. – Alan Moore

The greatest challenges humans face throughout their lives are two : (1) the challenge of where to start (2) the challenge of when to stop . – Sameh Elsayed

The only end some things have is the end you give them. – Tim Winton

The opposite of the happy ending is not the sad ending–the sad ending is sometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending is the unsatisfying ending. – Orson Scott Card

The priceless lesson in the New Year is that endings birth beginnings and beginnings birth endings. And in this elegantly choreographed dance of life, neither ever find an end in the other. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

The struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation. – Coretta Scott King

The terrible truth about endings is that they are always closer than you think. – Sai Pradeep

There are no happy endings. You just haven’t read the next chapter, or the sequel, where everyone dies or decides they aren’t happy anymore. – Paul Kellie

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story. – Frank Herbert

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. – Louis L’Amour

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. – Carl Bard

We all must die someday. Without endings, there are no beginnings. We humans need bookends. Just because we don’t understand the plan doesn’t mean there isn’t one.  – E.V. Everest

We are not against the ending of things; we are only against the ending of good things!  – Mehmet Murat ildan

We lose the precious sense that an end is only a beginning in disguise. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

What counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings. – Ibn Taymiyyah

What if the endings are just a fresh start? Maybe it just depends on the way you look at it. – Ivy Oakes

Whatever begins also ends. – Seneca

Whatever it is that’s hurting you or bothering you now will not last for long.  Everything has an end this does too. – Anjum Choudhary

When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both amount to the same thing in the end. – Jean De La Bruyere

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you. – Shannon Alder

When you care about things, it ends up wearing you out.

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77 Beautiful Journey Quotes & Captions To Inspire An Inner Awakening

Searching for some words to accompany your own journey? I’ve compiled the best list out there of the most beautiful journey quotes to inspire and uplift you…

Maybe the most famous quote about journeys that millions across the globe know is from Lao Tzu.  The ancient Chinese philosopher once said, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” And since then, adventurers, journeyers and wanderers have passed on their own journey inspiration. 

Whether your journey is a metaphorical or literal one, you will love my list of the best journey quotes that are guaranteed to lift you up and propel you forward. 

These are the 77 best journey quotes.

The Best Journey Quotes 

You may recognize a number of these quotes about journeys, as they come from the minds of some of the greatest individuals throughout history. These writers, leaders, musicians and adventurers understand the power of a life changing journey. 

1) “If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving.” – Martin Luther King Jr. 

2) “the road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” –  don williams, jr., 3) “the best part of life is to decide to make the journey through life like a best selling book. tell a fantastic story when you are ready to tell others how you did it. make sure life the best story ever written through a journey filled with overcoming obstacles, taking risks, and continuing to develop.” – catherine pulsifer, 4) “we are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. life is eternal. we have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. this is a precious moment. it is a little parenthesis in eternity.” – paulo coelho.

5) “If ever there was a metaphor to illustrate the importance of the journey over the destination, it is life itself. For everyone who departs from birth is destined for death, so the journey IS life. Savor it!” – Michele Jennae

6) “life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – peter hagerty, 7) “the secret of getting ahead is getting started. the secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – mark twain, 8) “it is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – ernest hemingway.

9) “To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

10) “our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. but no matter, the road is life.”  ― jack kerouac, 11) “in order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.” – anthon st. maarten, 12) “this thing we call life is not a destination with an end but a path down which we continue to journey as long as we can breath. life is to be lived not squandered or to give away waiting for the end to close upon us.” – byron pulsifer.

13) “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

14) “life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “wow what a ride”” – hunter s. thompson, 15) “sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. the true joy of life is the trip.” — robert j. hastings.

Short Journey Quotes 

Quotes don’t have to be lengthy to capture the spirit of what they are trying to convey. These short journey quotes say so much with so little words. 

16) “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

17) “learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.” – lolly daskal, 18) “a journey is time suspended.” –  louis l’amour, 19) “take voyages. attempt them. there’s nothing else.” ― tennessee williams.

20) “I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.”  — Carl Sandburg

21) “stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – fitzhugh mullan, 22) “life’s a journey, not a race.” – unknown, 23) “life is a journey. when we stop, things don’t go right.” – pope francis.

24) “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

25) “you must remain focused on your journey to greatness.” – les brown, 26) “i tramp a perpetual journey.” ― walt whitman, 27) “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – marcel proust.

28) “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln 

29) “life is about waking up. it is a journey of discovery and you’ve already bought the ticket and are sitting on the train.” – michael sheridan,, 30) “the only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – tony robbins, 31) “without music, life is a journey through a desert.” – pat conroy.

32) “What you learn in tough times can be used in many ways to bless your personal life journey.” – Scott Gordon

33) “accomplishments will prove to be a journey, not a destination.” – dwight d. eisenhower.

Inspiring Journey Quotes  

Searching for the courage to take the first steps on your own journey? These inspiring journey quotes will light a fire under you, guaranteed to give you the courage you seek.

34) “I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan.” – Vivian Jokotade

35) “if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” – unknown, 36) “you don’t have to understand my journey. you just need to respect it.” – izey victoria odiase, 37) “when setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home.” – rumi, 38) “to get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.” – chinese proverb, 39) “you have learned a lot, but there are still lots of learning for you as you journey through life. never stop learning.” – kate summers, 40) “when you’re on a journey and you come to a wall, always throw your pack over first, because then you will be sure to follow.” – yongey mingyur rinpoche, 41) “ big things have small beginnings.” – prometheus.

42) “Life is a journey that have a lot different paths, but any path you choose use it as your destiny.” ― Ryan Leonard

43) “this is your journey, your body, your mind, and your spirit. dig deep, own it, and start doing things for you and by you.” – unknown author, 44) “as you journey down the path, don’t forget to be present moment-by-moment and absorb the beauty and richness of simply being alive.” – cary david richards, 45) “life is a journey of either fate or destiny. fate is the result of giving in to one’s wounds and heartaches. your destiny unfolds when you rise above the challenges of your life and use them as divine opportunities to move forward to unlock your higher potential.” – caroline myss.

46) “Temporary setbacks create opportunities for fresh commitment and renewal. There are seasons of sunshine as well as rain.” – T. D. Jakes,

47) “i believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.” – les brown, 48) “to find your confidence, get out of your comfort zone, overcome your fears, and begin the journey to discover and accomplish what you want to do with your life.” – doretha dingler.

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49) “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

50) “always say yes to new adventures.”, 51) “it is better to travel well than to arrive.” –  arthur c. custance, 52) “always take the scenic route.”.

53) “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”

54) “don’t listen to what they say, go and see it for yourself.”, 55) “what’s on my bucket list everywhere.”, 56) “on a hard jungle journey, nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.” – tahir shah.

57) “Travel not to find yourself, but to remember where you have been all long.”

58) “don’t spend your money on things. spend it on experiences”, 59) “leap and the net will appear.” – zen proverb, 60) “all journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” ― martin buber, 61) “life is journey, travel it well.” – unknown.

Funny Journey Quotes 

These funny quotes about journeys are short, punchy and shine a humorous light on some of the many obstacles a journey may come up against. 

62) “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” – Confucius

63) “me: “i want to travel more”, the bank account: “”like, to the park”, 64) “i have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.” – jon ronson, 65) “good things come to those, who book flights.”.

66) “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” –  John Steinbeck

67) “i crossed a time zone and i feel younger already. if i keep traveling west, i can become immortal” – jarod kintz, 68) “sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – jerry seinfeld.

Celebrity Journey Quotes 

Actors, entrepreneurs, musicians and more are the minds behind these poignant celebrity journey quotes that are sure to inspire and make you smile. 

69) “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey

70) “sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – drake, 71) “you can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.”– bill murray, 72) “you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. you have to trust in something; your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. this approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – steve jobs.

73) “The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be Nice to everyone and always smile.” – Ed Sheeran

74) “you take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” – joss whedon, 75) “if all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.” – dan rather, 76. “every day is a new journey for me, and i feel like, in my lifetime, i’ve been blessed to experience such a lot.” – bindi irwin, 77) “not everyone will understand your journey. that’s okay. you’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.” – banksy.

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99 Happy and Inspiring Life Journey Quotes

We are all on a journey through life, doing our best to weather the storms and to enjoy precious moments with family and friends. Whether you’re taking a spiritual journey or about to undertake a physical trip, there are many adventure quotes to inspire you. Here are the best journey quotes that will make you want to explore the world.

Best Life Journey Quotes

As Anais Nin said, “ We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.”  An anonymous person also puts it well: “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” 

The following quotes about journeys are by a wide range of authors but they are all thought provoking. From the eternal wisdom of Confucius to the motivational words of Tony Robbins, there are lots of famous quotes about life to choose from.

Journey Inspirational Quotes

If you have a challenge ahead of you, take inspiration from these great journey quotes.

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu

2. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. Dan Rather

4. If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.

5. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson

6. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. Susan Sontag

Wanderlust Quotes

These destination and journey quotes help us to reflect upon our own life path.

7. Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson

8. Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien

9. Once a year, go some place you’ve never been before. Dalai Lama

10. Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and   celebrate the journey . Fitzhugh Mullan

11. Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest. Freya Stark

12. Take only memories, leave only footprints. Chief Seattle

Best Journey Quotes

Here are some of our favorite life journey quotes, which we find particularly poignant.

13. The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. Albert Einstein

14. The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. Tony Robbins

15. To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping. 

16. To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give. To roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live. Hans Christian Andersen

17. Wherever you go…go with all your heart. Confucius

18. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller

Life is a Journey Quotes

From literary citations to sayings by religious leaders, here are some of the best quotes about our journey through life.

19. A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck

20. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. Martin Buber

21. I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. Mark Twain

22. I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.  Carl Sandburg

23. It is better to travel well than to arrive. Buddha

24. It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you. Tyler Perry

25. Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right. Pope Francis

26. Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the sooner we will be able to treat life as art. Maya Angelou

27. Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. Jack Kerouac

28. One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. Henry Miller

29. Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step. Naeem Callaway

30. Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. Arthur Ashe

31. The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning . Ivy Baker Priest

32. To travel is to take a journey into yourself. Danny Kaye

33. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. David Mitchell

Quotes About the Journey

With every journey comes something special; it might be a lesson about life, a newfound appreciation for the world around us, or even just the memories of all the amazing things we’ve seen. To give you some inspiration for your travels ahead, here are some deep quotes from well-known personalities.

34. Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. Benedict Cumberbatch

35. It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end. Ernest Hemingway

36. Life is a journey and it’s about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are and loving who and what you are. Kelly McGillis

37. One makes a trip by day, but by night, one sets out on a journey. Tove Jansson

38. We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. Anaïs Nin

39. A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles. Tim Cahill

On a Journey Quotes

Enjoy these life is a journey quotes, they’re all thought-provoking!

40. Sometimes in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself. Katherine Sharp

41. The journey not the arrival matters. T.S. Eliot

42. Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustav Flaubert

43. Your journey will be much lighter and easier, if you don’t carry your past with you.

Happy Journey Quotes

These positive life journey quotes sum up the opportunities available to us and how our attitude can make all the difference.

44. Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do. Nadia Comaneci

45. Every day is a journey filled with twists and turns. Every day, if you smile, you will feel alive, my son. Santosh Kalwar

46. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. Izaak Walton

47. He who would travel happily must travel light. Antoine de St. Exupery

48. I’m happy anywhere I can see the ocean.

49. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams

50. Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal. Tim Cook

51. Oh the places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss

52. The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile. Ed Sheeran

53. We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. Gloria Gaither

Safe Travel Quotes

These safe journey quotes are particularly relevant at the moment.

54. Go safe. Move safe. Leave safe. Home safe.

55. I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side. Roman Payne

56. If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. Paulo Coelho

57. Keep calm and have a safe trip.

58. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide

59. The world is waiting for you. Good Luck. Travel Safe. Go! Phil Keoghan

Spiritual Journey Quotes

To embark on a spiritual journey, you don’t necessarily need to travel. It could be all about learning new skills, like a foreign language or integrating meditation into your daily routine.

The main thing is to be aware of your actions and to adjust them as you go through life.

60. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love. Marianne Williamson

61. Everyday is a journey, and the journey itself is home. Matsuo Basho

62. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

63. Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God . Corrie ten Boom

64. Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret. Oscar Wilde

65. No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks. Friedrich Nietzsche

66. Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. Drake

67. Stay patient and trust your journey.

68. The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character. Ella Mailllart

69. Perfection does not exist – only God is perfect. Carolina Herrera

70. The end of your journey is the beginning of your next one. LuxuryColumnist

71. The journey in between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life takes place. Barbara de Angelis

72. The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke

73. The real voyage of discovery consists ,  not in seeking new landscapes ,  but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust

74. Life is God’s gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God. A. R. Bernard

75. We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. Tim McGraw

76. Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways. Alexander Volkov

The Road of Life Quotes

Journeys are a metaphor for our progress on the road of life. Enjoy the ride!

77. Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.”  – Debi Tolbert Duggar,  Riding Soul-O

78. Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. Oprah Winfrey

79. He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. George P. Shultz

80. It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

81. Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. Oliver Goldsmith

82. Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two. Navjot Singh Sidhu

83. No journey is too long with the right company.

84. The greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way. Emma Chase

85. The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination. Don Williams

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

Beautiful Journey Quotes

While you’re on this life journey, take time to appreciate the beauty of your surroundings and the people by your side.

87. Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.

88. Life is a beautiful journey, enjoy the ride.

89. Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. Erol Ozan

90. The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday. Steve Maraboli

91. Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere. Orhan Pamuk

92. Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. Angela Blount

93. The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure. Debasish Mridha

Life Journey Quotes About Courage

Take inspiration from these long and short quotes about courage.

94. Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E.M. Forster

95. A man with outward courage dares to die. A man with inward courage dares to live. Lao Tzu

96. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin

97. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

98. Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way . It is all those little steps that make the journey complete. Chanda Kochar

99. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. Ashley Smith

We hope that you’ve enjoyed these inspirational quotes on journeys. As they prove, it’s not all about the destination, it’s about the people that you meet along the way!

Whether you prefer short inspirational quotes or longer ones, we hope that you’ve found some that you like here. Which of these life adventure quotes is your favorite? Are there any inspiring travel quotes that you feel we should add to the list? Let us know in the comments below.

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4 thoughts on “99 Happy and Inspiring Life Journey Quotes”

Love ’em all Suze! Losing sight of shore is a biggie for me. Travel and seeing the world begins with leaving home behind for a bit.

So we can explore the world through these tips.

Thanks for gathering and posting these so that we don’t loose our perspective and get caught up in the mundane, creating our own box and trapping ourselves inside.

You’re very welcome, Terry – now more than ever we need perspective.

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101 Best Inspirational Quotes for Your Life Journey

Everyone has a unique journey in life, one that is filled with both challenges and triumphs. As we make our way through our individual paths, we can often find ourselves needing a bit of inspiration. Whether it’s a quote from a wise figure, a thought-provoking proverb, or a simple reminder of our own inner strength, inspirational quotes can be a powerful tool to help us stay focused and motivated on our life journey. In this blog post, we will explore some of the most powerful inspirational quotes for your life journey.

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Benefits of Incorporating Inspirational Quotes into Your Life

Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uninspired? Are you looking for that extra bit of motivation to make a change in your life? Incorporating inspiring quotes into your life can be just the thing you need to help you get back on track! 

Inspirational quotes are words of wisdom that offer guidance and reassurance when you need it most. They can help you stay focused on your goals and keep you motivated to achieve them. Here are some of the benefits of incorporating uplifting quotes into your life. 

Provide Clarity

When life feels uncertain or overwhelming, inspirational quotes can help you gain clarity and perspective. They can help you to see the bigger picture and provide the guidance you need to make the difficult decisions in life. 

Help You Stay Focused

When you’re feeling lost or stuck, inspirational quotes can help you stay focused and motivated on achieving your goals. They can give you the courage to take the necessary steps to move you forward. 

Provide Hope

In times of despair and discouragement, inspirational quotes can help you remain hopeful and energized. They remind you of the importance of having faith, no matter how dark things may seem. 

Provide Encouragement

Life can be overwhelming and filled with challenges. When you’re feeling down and out, inspirational quotes can provide you with the encouragement and positivity you need to push through. 

Provide Guidance

When you’re uncertain of which path to take, inspirational quotes can help you make the right decision. They can provide you with the guidance and wisdom you need to make the best choices and create a brighter future.

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Inspirational Quotes for Your Life Journey

Inspirational quotes can be a great source of motivation and guidance when life gets tough. They remind us to stay positive, to keep going even when times are tough, and to never give up. Whether it’s a quote from a great philosopher, a religious leader, or a celebrity, there’s always something inspiring to draw from.

1. “You have to get lost before you can be found.” – Jeff Rasley

2. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it .” – John Mayer

3. ”The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

4. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale

5. “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey”. – Vera Nazarian

6. “Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.” – Tahir Shah

7. “Sometimes the longest journey we make is the sixteen inches from our heads to our hearts.” – Elena Avila

8. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake

9. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

10. “The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.” – T. S. Eliot

11. “The best part of life is to decide to make the journey through life like a best selling book. Tell a fantastic story when you are ready to tell others how you did it. Make sure life the best story ever written through a journey filled with overcoming obstacles, taking risks, and continuing to develop.” – Catherine Pulsifer

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12. ”The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins

13. “Life is an opportunity, seize the day, live each day to the fullest. Life is not a project, but a journey to be enjoyed.” – Catherine Pulsifer

14. ”Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – Fitzhugh Mullan

15. “In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.” – Anthon St. Maarten 

16. “What you learn in tough times can be used in many ways to bless your personal life journey.” – Scott Gordon

17. “Embrace your life journey with gratitude, so that how you travel your path is more important than reaching your ultimate destination .” – Rosalene Glickman

18. “Accomplishments will prove to be a journey, not a destination .” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

19. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

20. ”Your journey has molded you for the greater good.” – Asha Tyson

21. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away .” – Maya Angelou

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Life is a Journey Quotes

Life is a journey, full of ups and downs and unexpected turns. As you embark on your life journey, take some time to be inspired by wise and uplifting words. Inspirational quotes can give you the strength and courage to tackle any challenge and to keep on going even when things get tough. 

22. “Always the journey, never the destination.” – Simon Rattle

23. “Remember where you have been and know where you are going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.” – Nikita Koloff

24. “Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.” – Oliver Goldsmith

25. “In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in the dark wood, where the direct way was lost”. – Dante Alighieri

26. “Life is a journey and it’s about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are, and loving who and what you are.” – Kelly McGillis

27. “We are travellers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”  – Paulo Coelho

28. “Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.” – Bob Marley

29. “Life is a journey filled with unexpected miracles” – Unknown

30. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Buddha

31. “Life is a journey that has a lot different paths, but any path you choose use it as your destiny.” – Ryan Leonard

32. “I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.” – Les Brown

33. “Winning and losing isn’t everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.” – Alex Morgan

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Best Life Journey Quotes

It is important to remember that having quotes to guide you on your journey can make all the difference. Just as a map guides a traveler to a desired destination, so too can inspirational quotes help keep you focused and motivated along your life journey. 

34. “The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

35. ”If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

36. “You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love.” – Buddha

37. ”Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

38. “Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

39. “The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.” – Ella Maillart

40. “We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone .” – Lynette Mather

41. “The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile .” – Ed Sheeran

42. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” – Hunter S. Thompson

43. “In this journey of life, you will meet people who will make you feel alive!” – Avijeet Das

44. “Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved”. – Winnie the Pooh

45. “One of the journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.” – J.A. Konrath

46. “Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be…Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.” – Erich Fromm

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Life is About the Journey Quotes

Life is about the journey quotes remind us to cherish the journey we are on and to not be so focused on the end result. Life is full of ups and downs and it is important to enjoy and learn from each step we take. 

47. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost”. – Erol Ozan

48. “To get through the hardest journey we need to take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping .” – Chinese Proverb 

49. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway

50. “I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan.” – Vivian Jokotade

51. “This thing we call life is not a destination with an end but a path down which we continue to journey as long as we can breathe. Life is to be lived not squandered or to give away waiting for the end to close upon us .” – Byron Pulsifer

52. “The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.” – Alan Watts

53. “Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete. “– Chanda Kochhar

54. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson

55. “There’s no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful”. – Srikumar Rao

56. “Life to me is a journey – you never know what may be your next destination.” – David Russell

57. “What I like is the journey, the year-round struggle to improve.” – Dorian Yates

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Every Day is a Journey Quotes

Every day is a journey and every moment is a lesson. We have the opportunity to learn something new and to grow with each experience. Every day is an opportunity to make a positive change in our lives. These quotes about every day being a journey remind us to stay in the present moment and to appreciate the journey that we are on.

58. “Find the journey’s end in every step.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

59. “Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it .”  – Lolly Daskal 

60. “Always remember life is a learning journey. Keep filling your mind with all that is worthy.” – Catherine Pulsifer

61. “It’s the ‘everyday’ experiences we encounter along the journey to who we wanna be that will define who we are when we get there.” — Aaron Lauritsen

62. “I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself .” – Pablo Holmberg

63. “See, life is a journey and every chapter is very interesting.” – Zeenat Aman

64. ”Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.” – Nelson Mandela

65. “On your journey, don’t forget to smell the flowers. Take time out to notice that you’re alive. You can only live in one day.” – Ray Fearon

66. ”You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.” – J.K. Rowling

67. “Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin

68. “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” – Lyndon B. Johnson

69. “Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways.” – Alexander Volkov

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Enjoy the Journey Quotes

Enjoy the journey quotes are words of motivation to appreciate and savor the experiences of life’s journey. Life is a gift, and it’s important to take the time to enjoy and appreciate each moment, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. 

70. “The journey is the reward .” – Tao Expression

71. “The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is now where the dance of life really takes place.” – Barbara de Angelis 

72. “And at the end of the day, there is nothing but the journey. Because destination is pure illusion.” – Rich Roll

73. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

75. “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way !” – Penelope Riley

75. “Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.” – Nadia Comaneci

76. “A journey taken in vain is not a wasted journey if you have learnt something .” – Anthony T. Hincks

77. “If ever there was a metaphor to illustrate the importance of the journey over the destination, it is life itself. For everyone who departs from birth is destined for death, so the journey is life. Savor it!” – Michele Jennae

78. ”A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”- John A. Shedd

79. “Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal.” – Tim Cook

80. “Sometimes it’s more about the journey than the destination.” – Jamal Crawford

81. “Everybody has their own story; everybody has their own journey.” – Thalia

82. “The journey matters as much as the goal.” – Kalpana Chawla

83. “Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.” – Benedict Cumberbatch

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Journey Quotes to Inspire Success

Journey quotes are a great way to inspire success and motivate yourself to keep pushing forward. They remind us to stay focused on our goals, no matter how hard the journey may be. They remind us that success is a long road and that we have to take it one step at a time. They urge us to never give up and to keep striving towards our dreams. 

84. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland

85. ”Don’t be discouraged if the people around you don’t see what you see in your dream. Most great people were doubted in the beginning of their journey to greatness.” ― Edmond Mbiaka

86. ”Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”- Arthur Ashe

87. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending”. – C.S. Lewis

88. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” – Albert Einstein

89. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

90. “No one can decide the road that inspires us to kick-start a journey better than the one embarking on the path. We may find others joining our journey, but we have to take the first step alone to reach our destination.” – Dr. Prem Jagyasi

91. “I discovered that a fresh start is a process. A fresh start is a journey – a journey that requires a plan”. – Vivian Jokotad

92. “It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve.” – Mo Farah

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93. ”You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.” – Les Brown

94. ”Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley

95. ”If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

96. ”The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey

97. ”If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”—Thomas J. Watson

98. “Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.” – Banksy

99. “Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is.”-  Lisa

100. “Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.” – Rick Pitino

101. “It’s a long journey to become successful, and you learn to grow with it. You grow with the small steps you take.” – Benson Henderson

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In life, it is important to stay inspired and motivated to keep pushing forward. Inspirational quotes can provide us with the wisdom and encouragement to stay focused on our life journey. Whether it is finding success, experiencing joy, or overcoming adversity, inspirational quotes can be the perfect reminder to keep striving for the best version of ourselves. As we journey through life, let us remember these motivational words and use them to find strength and courage every step of the way.

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01 Jul 51+ Happy Journey Quotes [Images, Tips, and FREE eBook]

Here is our list of happy journey quotes   and images to help send friends and family off with. We’ve created a list of fun farewell ideas and reflections to help with the departure. Saying goodbye isn’t always easy, and this list is meant to help you find the perfect words to express your feelings. Wish your friends a wonderful trip with these sentiments!

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Journey Quotes to Wish Someone a Wonderful Trip

1. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

Make a farewell speech:

Send your friends off on a good note by delivering a heartfelt journey speech. Recount all of the good times and memorable moments while send your friend off on a great trip with some happy journey thoughts. It doesn’t have to be long or extravagant – just something short and meaningful will be plenty.

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2. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin

 Make a mix-tape for they journey:

If your friend is heading off for a trip, make them a fun mix tape to listen to. This way they can remember the good times you’ve had whole enjoying some fun times that are filled with memories.

3. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus

Happy journey quote reflection:

No two trips are ever the same. Not only is the environment and situations unique but who we currently are in our lives also changes. Hopefully this means that we’re more mature and can handle the journey with more grace.

4. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli

Journey quote reflection:

Letting go of the past is hard. Whether it’s happy memories or sad ones, we’re often unable to let go of those thoughts that bind us. Sometimes it’s necessary to let go of the chains that bind us to move forward. Give your friends support in letting go if they are about to embark on a new journey.

5. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

Get lost on purpose:

It goes without saying that you should be in a relatively safe area; but free yourself on an adventure in to the unknown. Turn off your GPS momentarily and get lost on purpose. With a little bit of luck, you’ll find new paths and wonderful destinations.

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6. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

Thoughts on this journey quote:

While most people coming onto the thought that they have control of their lives, most factors are clearly beyond any human control. Attempting to control something that is uncontrollable is a way to fail for sure. Embrace the fact that life is a little random and just enjoy this unpredictable journey.

7. “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” – André Gide

Tell your friends they’re always welcome back:

Let your friends journey off from the show with some security. True friendships last forever and can survive the distance. Wish your friends the best of travels but let them know coming back is a viable option.

8. “Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

Journey forward:

Don’t let past mistakes cripple you it your friends. Learn from the mistakes of past experiences and move towards a brighter path. Forgive part grievances and hope for a better tomorrow.

9. “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.” – Naeem Callaway

Start small:

Sometimes parting on a new journey can feel like such a daunting task that people are too afraid to even begin. If your friend is contemplation moving to another city, then maybe advise that they take a mini vacation there first before making a solid commitment. Small steps are the beginning of big journeys.

10. “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” – Danny Kaye

Pack them a goodbye meal:

Make a small to-go meal for your friends as they part. This will save them a stop for food on their trip towards a new destination. Something easy to eat on the road would be ideal.

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11. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

Buy them a gift card to a restaurant at their new location:

Do a little research and get a gift card to a local restaurant at your friends new location. They’re sure to be hungry after a long trip and will be happy to eat out. Hopefully they will also appreciate the thought that went into learning about their local establishments.

12. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland

Enjoy the ride:

If you’re stuck one too many days dreading the “work” or sacrifice to get to your destination then perhaps you’re in the wing path altogether. Make sure you’re happy in the journey and learn to adjust if you realized you’re not content.

13. “Every single journey that I’ve embarked on, I’ve learned something new.” – Shailene Woodley

Learn a new language:

If your friend is leaving for another country it might be a fun exercise to try leaning a new language with them. There are plenty of free and good apps out there to help you pick up a new language efficiently. Spending time with your friend on an important matter to them, such as learning a new local language, is a great way to show you care.

14. “I am a believer in the journey and enjoying the journey.” – Uday Kotak

Send postcards:

Send postcards back and forth with your friend to stay in contact while they are in their new journey. While technology makes communication so easy now, it doesn’t replace the human touch that you get from a handwritten card.

15. “If I’m left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.” – Olivia Wilde

Plan a future reunion:

Make saying goodbye to your friends easier by planning to visit at a later date. Parting ways is never easy and knowing you’ll see each other again will be very comforting.

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16. “I think it’s my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.” – Leonard Nimoy

Help them pack:

Moving your stuff is usually an awful experience. Help your friends out on their new house by helping them pack up all their existing stuff. This will also likely give you a chance to say farewell as they take off.

17. “Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes people unique.” – Kevin Conroy

Connect them with friends:

Maybe you know someone where your friends are relocating to. If you can connect them to a few people in the city it will help them get a head start on learning the landscape and surroundings. Even better you have the chance to help connect people together.

18. “Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.” – Pythagoras

Send them a text on the car ride:

Send your friends a text 15 minutes after they leave on the trip to remind them that you’re thinking about them. This is a small act that will go a long way to letting them know that they are missed.

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Happy journey images to share with friends

Here are some happy thoughts and images to share with friends who may be departing on a long trip. Use them to wish your friend a safe journey because you won’t know for sure when you’ll see each other again. Furthermore, you can start them off on a happy journey with a warm goodbye.

19. An optimistic mind begins a fruitful journey.

– Tony Robbins

Sometimes we’re terrified of starting on a new journey because we’re afraid of letting go of our current, comfy situation. While there is a chance something can go wrong, we can usually return to our previous conditions. Take a chance and think of all the things that can go well and the countless opportunities we could be missing.

20. It’s not where you start but where you finish that matters.

– Nido Qubein

Where you start your journey isn’t nearly as important as where you’re going. Think carefully about your resources and try and do the best with what you’ve got. Remember that conditions are never really perfect and that the ability to adjust will help you immensely on your journey.

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21. Take opportunities as they come to you and don’t regret what you miss out on.

We get a chance to start over everyday and learn something new, try something new, or begin something new. If we hesitate for too long, then chances are we’ll miss many of life’s opportunities and joyful moments. Here are some good morning quotes to get you off to a happy journey!

22. Dream of a beautiful journey and set out to make it happen.

– Paulo Coelho

Aim high and be lofty in your ideals. It’s often are ambition and hopes that allow us to track through hard times and achieve greatness. Some of the most innovative creations and interesting journeys being with seemingly impossible dreams.

23. Let kindness and goodwill carry you through your journey.

– Abraham Lincoln

In your journey, we hope that you remember to be grateful and caring to those around you. Be good to yourself, your journey, and those you meet on your undefined path. The universe works in mysterious ways and will hopefully return some of that karma in protecting and enlightening you through your travels.

24. It takes courage and determination to begin a new path.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any journey worth taking is often filled with setbacks and hardships. Take heart that many of these challenges and problems will be what makes your trip worthwhile and memorable. It’s through these trials that we often discover ourselves on our journey.

25. The journey of life is full of ups and downs. Be prepared as you travel.

– Oliver Goldsmith

Take life as it comes. There’s not much we can do to control our everyday circumstances. What we can control is how we deal with them and our own mindset.

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26. Be happy on your journey and don’t worry about getting to the finish line.

– Greg Anderson

If you dread your everyday actions in pursuit of a “dream”, then it’s probably best to re-think your goals and ambitions. Why go to school for a subject that makes you miserable? Why continue to work at a job that destroys your soul? As with many of life’s decisions, there are multiple paths and countless options. We’re not advocating you to be irresponsible and quit your job, but we’re also encouraging you to look at alternatives.

27. We all travel one life together.

– Naomi Judd

You can do anything, but you can’t do everything. Keep in mind while you have seemingly endless choices and possibilities in life, you can only choose to walk one path at a time. Be present with the moment and take full responsibility of the path you’ve chosen to pursue.

28. It’s always scary to step outside your comfort zone but don’t let that stop you.

– Jake Gyllenhaal

Change is scary. Change is still terrifying when we know that it’s a “good” change. This is likely why most lottery winners end up losing all of their winnings within a few years. Every new path is unknown and potentially dangerous. Every new path is also filled with surprise and opportunity if you approach it carefully and with an open mind.

29. Life’s a bumpy road.

– Bob Marley

Life’s tough. We think that life is full of bumps and rough patches no matter where you are or what your current situation is. Be grateful that if you’re even able to read this post that you have a computer and likely not in a war-zone or starving in a cave somewhere.

30. Just enjoy the ride.

– Anatole France

Sometimes our brains can analyze things to death, taking the joy out of life. While we love learning and breaking down things such as educating ourselves in science and technology, it’s also a good thing to just look up at the stars sometime and admire them just as they are. Find a happy balance for yourself on your journey to how much you want to “analyze” and how much you want to just “see”.

31. Take time along your journey to be present and cherish small moments.

– Shaun Hick

No one truly knows why we’re here or where we’re truly going. Sit back with some friends and family and enjoy this crazy ride called “life” for all that it’s worth.

32. How you carry yourself from day to day is more important then where you’re going.

– Yvon Chouinard

As we’ve repeated said many times throughout this post, the journey is more important than the destination . How you travel through your journey, the memories you make, the friendships you discover, the people you meet, must surely be more important the finish line.

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Safe journey quotes to wish someone well

It’s natural to always worry a bit when someone you love moves away. Be aware that people’s live often change and travel is needed as a part of that. Sometimes for job relocation, others for family situations. We always hope that if your friends move that they do it safely and towards a positive direction.

33. Have a safe trip homie!

34. Heard that you have a new opportunity and have to relocate. Wish you the best of travels and a safe flight there.

35.  Wish you the very best journey that life has to offer and safe road there.

36. Come back in one piece!

37. Hope you have a blast on your journey and that you make it to your destination safely.

38. Life can be full of dangerous twists and turns. Hope you can stay steady on a sure path and be safe.

39. Have a wonderful and safe journey towards your destination.

40. Be cautious as you travel and make sure that your safety comes first.

41. Please call us back on the way to make sure that you’re safe and on route to where you’re headed.

42. You are the greatest friend in the world and I wish you a safe and happy trip.

43. Stay strong throughout your journey and make it back to us safely.

44. Remember to pack all of your essentials so that you can be prepared to deal with anything that might arise on your journey.

45. Please be careful and stay in safe areas as you embark on this new adventure.

46. Bon voyage buddy!

47. May you have all the luck and will of the universe serve as your protection on this journey.

48. Enjoy your trip but remember to keep your safety in mind first.

49. Safe travels to you and your family.

50. As much as we love you and want you to stay here. We are excited about you leaving on this journey and wish you safe travels.

51. Be safe and have fun on your new journey!

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42 Inspirational Journey Quotes And Sayings

Following are the inspirational journey quotes and sayings with images.

Inspirational Journey Quotes

“Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s fine. It’s not their journey to make sense of. It’s yours.” — Zero Dean

“If you don’t enjoy the journey, then fuck the destination.” — Unknown

“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” — Greg Anderson

“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” — Drake

“Stay patient and always trust your journey in life.” — Unknown

“Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.” — Unknown

“Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.” — Oliver Goldsmith

“Keep smiling and enjoy the journey even when it’s like there’s no hope at all. Everything will be alright.” — Unknown

“Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways.” — Alexander Volkov

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” — Arthur Ashe

“Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.” — Chanda Kochhar

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” — Lao Tzu

“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” — Samuel Smiles

“The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.” — Dan Millman

“Our life is our journey with God. Things will get difficult, but in the end, everything will be okay.” — Unknown

“Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.” — Pope Francis

“Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Life is a journey that is only traveled once. Today’s moments quickly become tomorrow’s memory. So appreciate every moment for what it is, because the gift of life is life itself.” — Unknown

“It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

“You should be thankful for the journey of life. You only make this journey once in your lifetime.” — Lailah Gifty Akita

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” — Anaïs Nin

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” — Don Williams

“The only journey is the one within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.” — Paulo Coelho

“I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.” — David Archuleta

“Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.” — Oprah Winfrey

“You cannot have a happy ending to an unhappy journey.” — Abraham Hicks

“No matter how dark the night, morning always comes, and our journey begins anew.” — Lulu Final Fantasy X

“Living is Not a Race; it is a Journey, Something to be Enjoyed Each Day.” — Wayne Dyer

“I want my journey to be full of laughter.” — Unknown

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller

“Whole life is a search for beauty. But, when the beauty is found inside, the search ends and a beautiful journey begins.” — Harshit Walia

“Never compare your journey with someone else’s. Your journey is your journey. It’s not a competition.” — Unknown

“Trust your journey, trust the process, raise your energy and the right people will come into your life.” — Steven Aitchison

“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.” — Chinese Proverbs

“Stay focus and complete the journey.” — Lailah Gifty Akita

“Don’t worry that you’re not strong enough before you begin. It is in the journey that God makes you strong.” — Unknown

“I travel, always arriving in the same place.” — Dejan Stojanovic

“You are on an incredible journey. It is not just about reaching the top of the peak. It’s about enjoying the growth as you climb.” — Unknown

“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” — Steve Maraboli

“The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.” — Barbara De Angelis

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75 Goodbye Quotes to Say Farewell to Someone

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Goodbye can feel so final, like the end of a good book or the terminus for the train. It’s the last chapter, the last stop. And when the destination for two people differs, it could be the last time you see them.

That’s a sad thought. And one that many of us have faced on more than one occasion.

But amidst the sadness, it’s important to find reasons to smile . Whether the farewell is forever or just for now, remember the good times. Remember the warmth.

And know that your connection to each other will never really be lost.

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Why Are Goodbyes So Hard?

Our journeys are all unique. Some people will be there from the beginning. And others will join the path along the way.

Some will be there to guide you, and others, to break your fall. There will be good days, great days, and years of happiness.

And there will be times of sadness, of lost hope, and goodbyes.

These are the moments we all try to hide from. We’d rather not face the heartache of saying farewell. Or feel the emptiness that’s left behind.

But the reality is, we must. Not everyone can stay in our lives forever. From our mentors and friends; from loved ones and even our pets, goodbye is at times, unavoidable.

Our paths will all differ. But what makes them truly special is the time we spend together, even if it may be limited. It’s during these moments that we have the opportunity to create the most beautiful memories. And take meaningful footsteps, hand in hand.

Yes, goodbyes are hard. But think back to when you laughed at each other until your bellies ached. Remember the places you’ve seen standing side by side. And the conversations you’ve shared over everything and nothing.

Allow the sadness to be eased by clutching onto that lifetime of smiles. Those smiles, those incredible adventures shared with the people you care about, will fill your heart and make it even more whole.

Remember, ‘Goodbye’ may be a fork in the path; a crossroad that leads you in separate directions. But it can’t take away the memories you create along the way.

So let's cherish and appreciate the here and now. Because it’s with these precious moments that our entangled lives live on together.

Now, let’s take a look at these goodbye quotes.

• “Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.” – Unknown
• “You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” – E.B. White
• “Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” – Trey Parker
• “We’ll meet again, Don’t know where, don’t know when, But I know we’ll meet again, Some sunny day.” – Vera Lynn
• “I will always cherish all those moments we spent together, all those laughter we shared, all those stories we told. Farewell, my friend!” – Unknown
• “You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” – Frederick Buechner

You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” – Frederick Buechner

• “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.” – Ritu Ghatourey
• “Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful.” – Buddha
• “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
• “Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime. We’ll take the best, forget the rest, and someday will find that these are the best of times.” – Styx
• “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic
• “I have to say goodbye to you now but always keep in mind that we will meet again soon. You will always be in my heart!” – Unknown
• “You may not always end up where you thought you were going. But you will always end up where you are meant to be.” – Unknown
• “I thank you for your part in my journey.” – Unknown

• “You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.” – Tom Petty
• “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller
• “Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say ‘See you soon.’” – Unknown
• “It’s sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye.” – Carrie Underwood
• “Adios, friend! We may not meet every day, but you will always be in my thoughts!” – Unknown
• “It feels right. But it’s emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you’ve done that long is hard.” – Angela Ruggiero
• “I have learned along my journey that letting go doesn’t mean loving less.” – Alex Elle
• “Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach

Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach

• “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” – Tim McGraw
• “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne
• “Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.” – Unknown
• “Saying goodbye is the hardest solution of any problem. But sometimes it’s the only choice we have…” – Anurag Prakash Ray
• “Saying goodbye feels hard, for sure, but I am confident that it is a door through which we walk to bring us to another good chapter in our story together.” – Claudia Quigg
• “Our friendship has taken me on a magical journey which will never come to an end. Even though you are going away, we will never stop being friends. Goodbye.” – Unknown
• “We laughed until we had to cry , we loved right down to our last goodbye, we were the best.” – St. Elmo’s Fire
• “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

• “At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Unknown
• “It always is harder to be left behind than to be the one to go…” – Bodie Thoene
• “So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” – Helen Keller
• “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” – Ernie Harwell
• “Even if we can’t be together in the end, I’m glad that you were a part of my life.” – Unknown
• “I will force myself to say the word goodbye, but my heart will never mean it. Goodbye.” – Unknown
• “I can’t remember all the times I told myself to hold on to these moments as they pass.” – Counting Crows
• “Why can’t we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn’t work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.” – Charles M. Schultz

Why can’t we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn’t work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.” – Charles M. Schultz

• “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is even if we are apart, I’ll always be with you.” – A. A. Milne
• “Life is a journey that lets you befriend many people on your way. But only a few are capable of staying in your heart forever. Goodbye my friend!” – Unknown
• “The two hardest things to say in life is hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” – Moira Rogers
• “For Sayonara, literally translated, ‘Since it must be so,' of all the goodbyes I have heard is the most beautiful.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• “It’s hard to accept that the crossroads of destiny is making us part. I will miss you! Take care.” – Unknown
• “Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.” – Dr. Seuss
• “It's so hard saying goodbye… it's hard saying good bye to all the things that one has held dear for weeks, months, sometimes years.” – Saqib Saleem
• “It’s not the days in life we remember, rather the moments.” – Walt Disney

• “Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.” – Jonathan Harnisch
• “The only reason I am happy saying goodbye is that I know that life will find a way to bring us back together again. Farewell.” – Unknown
• “The last thing I say on most phone calls is not, ‘Goodbye,' but, ‘Thank you.'” – Marshall Goldsmith
• “You never really leave the place you love. You take part of it with you and leave part of you there.” – Unknown
• “Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.” – William Shakespeare
• “May we meet again on distant shores.” – Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
• “Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.” – Jean Paul Richter
• “Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we all understand that basic, wrenching emotion that comes from saying goodbye, not knowing if we'll see that person again – or perhaps knowing that we won't.” – Luanne Rice

Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we all understand that basic, wrenching emotion that comes from saying goodbye, not knowing if we'll see that person again – or perhaps knowing that we won't.” – Luanne Rice

• “I think that you're supposed to know when it's time to say goodbye.” – Judy Sheindlin
• “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” – Flavia Weedn
• “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
• “Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.” – Disney
• “Thank you for listening. Thank you for abiding me. And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I bid you goodbye and take my leave.” – Frank Deford
• “Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you don't.” – Steve McQueen
• “Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.” – Dr. Suess
• “It takes a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye.” – Unknown

• “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” – Robert Southey
• “If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
• “If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again.” – John Mayer
• “This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you.” – Nicholas Sparks
• “Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.” – Ouida
• “The easiest way to find out how you feel about someone. Say goodbye.” – Phil Knight
• “With every goodbye comes a new beginning and we can look forward to the possibilities that lie ahead. When we part ways, we can take comfort in knowing that life was good.” – Rolf van der Wind

With every goodbye comes a new beginning and we can look forward to the possibilities that lie ahead. When we part ways, we can take comfort in knowing that life was good.” – Rolf van der Wind

• “Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Goodbye is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.” – John Steinbeck
• “True friends don’t say good-bye, they just take extended leaves of absences from each other.” – Unknown
• “So long, see you around, but never a final goodbye.” – Fred Flagler
• “There was something unfinished about not saying farewell, like a door left open in the chill night.” – Julie C. Dao
• “There should have been a better farewell. But in the end, there never is. And we take what meager scraps we can find.” – Richard K. Morgan
• “Goodbye is the hardest thing to say to someone who means the world to you, especially when goodbye isn’t what you want.” – Unknown

Final Thoughts on Saying Farewell

Goodbye may be the end of the chapter, but the story will go on. The memories created will find a special place in your heart. And the footsteps you took together will always be visible.

Allow yourself to be sad. But know that this is only possible because the trip was so incredible. And it will continue to be incredible as you take on the next part of your journey.

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Finally, if you want to use these quotes to make a lasting change to your life, then check out and recite these 57 affirmations for success .

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115 Super Happy Journey Wishes [Plus Happy Journey Quotes!]

Want some happy journey wishes to send someone who’s going travelling? Check out this long list of wishes for a happy journey and happy journey quotes!

Danny Newman

Looking for some happy journey wishes? I hope this post helps!

Most of us didn’t get to travel much (…or at all!) during the pandemic.

But now that almost everything has finally opened up again, it seems like everyone’s jetting off somewhere exciting!

Is your friend, family member, or significant other about to embark on a new journey?

Whether their journey involves travel, a big move, a career change, or something else, they deserve more than a standard “happy journey wish.”

That’s where I hope this list of happy journey wishes and quotes for you to choose from.

Keep reading below for 115 classic, funny, romantic, and unusual ways to send wishes for a happy journey!

Let’s dive into 115 options for anyone who’s hunting for a happy journey wish!

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Short & Sweet Happy Journey Wishes

Let’s start with some traditional ways to send someone a happy journey wish.

These bite-sized happy journey messages are perfect for a text message or a handwritten note.

1. Have a safe trip!

2. Bon voyage and safe travels.

3. Enjoy the journey and call me when you get there.

4. Don’t worry — you’ll get there safe and sound.

5. Wishing you a very safe and happy journey!

6. I hope your journey is a happy, stress-free one. Enjoy the ride!

7. Travel safely and have a wonderful holiday.

8. Wishing you a happy journey and lots of relaxation once you get there.

9. Have a safe flight and don’t forget to text me when you land.

“All the best for your new adventure!”

11. No worries — you got this.

12. Have a safe and happy journey and know that we’re all rooting for you.

13. Get out there and make a difference in the world!

14. Wishing you all the best on your exciting new journey.

15. Good luck with your upcoming adventure.

16. Remember, it’s not the destination — it’s the journey that counts.

17. I’ll miss you while you’re away but I hope you have a wonderful time.

18. Your journey has just begun — good luck in everything you do!

19. Wishing you the best of luck and nothing but success in the future.

20. I’m so happy that you’re finally taking this journey. All the best!

Next up: some happy journey messages that should put a smile on the recipient’s face.

Funny Happy Journey Messages

Want to make your friend laugh when they read your message? These funny happy journey wishes are guaranteed to make them giggle!

21. I know you hate flying, but it sure beats swimming. Have a safe trip!

22. If you leave without saying goodbye, I will hunt you down… And I will hug you. Can’t wait to hear all about your adventures.

23. Every time you feel lonely, just close your eyes and think about all the amazing gifts you’ll bring for me when you come back. Have an epic holiday!

24. I’m not wishing that you fail, but I’m just saying that if you do, remember that you can always come back.

“There’s no deeper pain than watching a friend leave, especially when it’s a friend who pays for my meals! Have a safe journey back home.”

26. Go crazy in the duty-free store, that’s what it’s there for. (And don’t forget to buy something for me too!)

27. No one ever accomplished anything great from their comfort zone. So get outside of yours, embrace this journey, and live a little!

28. They say that you should fill your life with experiences, not things. Well, you already have enough stuff, so go out there and create some unforgettable memories on this journey.

29. “So long, and thanks for all the fish!” — Douglas Adams

Want some romantic travelling wishes to send someone? Check out this next section:

Romantic Wishes for a Happy Journey

Do you want to reassure your partner that you’ll miss them while they’re away?

Bring a smile to their face with one of these thoughtful, romantic best journey wishes.

30. There’s so much I want to say when you return. For now, let me just say, “I love you” and I can’t wait ‘til you get home!

31. I hope this journey is as meaningful as you’ve hoped it would be. Have a safe trip and enjoy every moment.

32. The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only one page. Time to write your own amazing stories, my love.

33. You haven’t even left yet, but I already miss you so much. Have a wonderful journey and hurry home to me soon.

34. Have a wonderful trip, make lots of amazing memories, and stay safe until we meet again.

35. You’ve been waiting for this day for a long day, and I’m so glad it’s finally here. Enjoy every second, my darling.

“Enjoy the beauty of the sunset and nature’s farewell kiss for the night. I’ll miss you while you’re away!”

37. Have a wonderful time on your journey, sweetheart, and then hurry home. I miss you already!

38. I always miss you when you’re away, but I know how much this journey means to you. Have a wonderful time and think of me every day!

39. I’ll be counting down the days until I see you again. Until then, have an amazing journey and make unforgettable memories.

40. I hope you learn so much about yourself on this journey and, when you return home, that you share your new self with me.

41. “The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.” — Barbara De Angelis

A memorable happy journey wish always goes down a treat.

Memorable Best Journey Wishes

Still haven’t found the perfect words to share? Consider one of these unique and memorable ways to express safe travelling wishes.

42. If you feel nervous about the journey, think about what awaits you at the destination. Have a safe and wonderful holiday!

43. Let your joy be in your journey, not some distant destination.

44. May the air be clear, your flight be smooth, your plane be safe, and the skies be blue.

45. I wish you didn’t have to leave so soon, but I’ll always remember the time we spent together. Wishing you nothing but the best in the journey ahead.

46. I hope this journey brings joy to your heart and peace to your mind.

“Good friends never say goodbye, they simply say “see you soon.””

48. I know you’ve had this goal for a long time, and I’m so happy you’re finally taking this journey. I hope you find everything you’ve been searching for.

49. It was always your dream to explore the world, so go out there and do it! Stay safe but don’t be afraid to take a few chances too.

50. Take care of yourself on this epic journey. I can’t wait to hear all about it when you return!

51. Everything you want is on the other side of your fears. Embrace this journey and conquer your fears!

52. “Friends are companions on a journey who ought to aid each other to persevere on the road to a happier life.” — Pythagoras

Next up: a long list of happy journey quotes that you could include in a message.

Famous Happy Journey Quotes

How many famous quotes, poems, and one-liners can you think of that involve going on a journey? Check out the list below and see which ones resonate with you.

53. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” — Confucius

54. “To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

55. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu

56. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” — Babs Hoffman

57. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” — Samuel Smiles

58. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” — Peter Hagerty

59. “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.” — John Steinbeck

60. “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” — Anthony Bourdain

61. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide

62. “Life is not a project, but a journey to be enjoyed.” — Catherine Pulsifer

63. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” — Martin Buber

64. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller

65. “The journey is the reward.” — Tao Proverb

66. “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

“The only journey is the one within.”

68. “A ship in a harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd

69. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” — Oprah Winfrey

70. “Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” — Matsuo Basho

71. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” — Tim Cahill

72. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

73. “Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.” — Pope Francis

74. “Sometimes the longest journey we make is the sixteen inches from our heads to our hearts.” — Elena Avila

75. “Sometimes it’s your journey that teaches you about your destination.” — Drake

76. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” — George Augustus Moore

77. “Life is about waking up. It is a journey of discovery and you’ve already bought the ticket and are sitting on the train.” — Michael Sheridan

78. “The world is waiting for you. Good Luck. Travel Safe. Go!” — Phil Keoghan

79. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — Winnie The Pooh

80. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” — Ursula K. LeGuin

81. “Take care of yourself. No one else knows what your soul needs.” – Aston G.

82. “When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that’s when you discover the stars.” — Nancy Willard

Some of the best journey wishes can be found in other languages…

Wishes for Bon Voyage (& Other Languages)

Is your friend moving abroad? Do you have a family member taking off on a gap year or an extended volunteer opportunity?

Whatever the case, wish them well with one of these beautiful foreign phrases about journeys, good luck, and achieving goals.

83. Afrikaans: Beste wense

84. Albanian: Urimet më të mira

85. Bahasa Indonesian: Semoga sukses

86. Basque: Desio onenak

87. Bosnian: Sve najbolje

88. Catalan: Els meus millors desitjos

89. Cebuano: Labing maayo nga mga pangandoy

90. Croatian: Najbolje želje

91. Czech: Všechno nejlepší

92. Danish: Bedste ønsker

93. Dutch: Beste wensen

94. French: Meilleurs vœux

95. German: Die besten Wünsche

96. Haitian Creole: Nou voye meyè souwè

97. Hindi: Namaste

98. Hmong: Qhov zoo tshaj plaws xav

99. Hungarian: Legjobbakat kívánom

100. Icelandic: Bestu óskir

101. Italian: Auguri

102. Lithuanian: Geriausi linkėjimai

103. Mandarin Chinese: Nǐ hǎo má

104. Polish: Wszystkiego najlepszego

105. Portuguese: Muitas felicidades

106. Romanian: Cele mai bune gânduri

107. Slovenian: Najboljše želje

108. Spanish: Los mejores deseos

109. Sudanese: Salam

110. Swahili: Kila la heri

111. Swedish: Med vänliga hälsningar

112. Tagalog: Maligayang pagbati

113. Turkish: En iyi dileklerimle

114. Vietnamese: Lời chúc tốt nhất

115. Xhosa: Ngeminqweno emihle

Use These Travelling Wishes for Every Occasion

Did this list of happy journey wishes get your creative juices flowing?

Whether you choose a message that’s funny, heartwarming, poetic, or short and sweet, your loved one is sure to be touched by your thoughtfulness!

Bookmark this list and refer back to it the next time someone you know is setting off on a new adventure.

That way, you’ll always have something positive and inspiring to share.

Speaking of positivity and inspiration, could you use more of both in your life?

Check out these tips on how to grow through what you go through.

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Are you about to start on a journey and searching for some inspiration and positive vibes to help you along the way? Look no further, we've got you covered! This page contains the top 100+ most heartwarming and inspiring joyful journey quotes to help you set the tone for a memorable and fulfilling adventure. There is nothing quite like the thrill of going on a new adventure with a positive outlook and a sense of wonder, whether you are traveling for leisure, business, or personal improvement. The below happy journey quotes we've gathered here capture the spirit of what makes a journey genuinely unique and serve as a reminder that life is all about the experiences we create along the way.

Our collection of quotes makes your journey wonderful by exploring and discovering the world's beauty. So sit back, unwind, and let these joyful journey quotes fill your soul with joy, hope, and inspiration. Are you ready to embark on a literary journey? Continue reading to learn about the power of words to make your journey truly unforgettable!

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Happy journey quotes.

• Happy Journey Quotes For Sister
• Happy Journey Quotes For Brother

Safe Journey and Miss You Quotes

• Happy Journey Quotes For Boyfriend
• Happy Journey Quotes For Girlfriend

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Happy journey messages for whatsapp.

• Happy Journey Quotes For a Loved One 

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The finest journeys answer questions you didn't even think to ask in the beginning.

Travelling is living.

Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity, and reminds us how much we all have in common. 

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. 

The journey is my home. 

Adventure is worthwhile. 

Travel brings power and love back into your life.

The world is a beautiful place, and I am here to see it. - Unknown

Life is short, and the world is vast; the earlier you begin exploring it, the better. 

Have a safe flight, and please notify me when you arrive.

May your flight be smooth, your plane be safe, and the sky be blue.

Have fun in duty-free and travel safely.

I'll just say I love you and hope to see you again soon.

I know you haven't left yet, but I already miss you, so please return safely as soon as possible.

If you're apprehensive on your journey, remember the wonderful memories - and travel safely.

I wish you the best of luck and everything good that life has to offer.

The ideal moment to start over is right now. Best wishes on your new adventure!

• May your journey be filled with adventure, joy, and cherished moments.
• Wishing you smooth travels, breathtaking destinations, and wonderful memories.
• Enjoy the journey as much as the destination, for it is the experiences along the way that truly matter.

Happy Journey Quotes for sister

May your journey be safe and your heart be filled with joy.

May your travels be filled with wonderful memories, unforgettable experiences, and exciting adventures.

Wishing you a safe and peaceful journey wherever you go.

May the road rise to meet you, and may the wind always be at your back.

Go with all your heart wherever you go, and have a safe journey.

Wherever you go with all your heart. Best wishes, dear sister.

The only thing you can buy that will make you richer is travel. Sis, enjoy every second of your journey!

The world is too wide to stay in one place, and life is too short to limit oneself to just one activity. Sister, keep exploring!

Travel far enough, and you meet yourself. Keep discovering new parts of yourself on your journey, sis.

Life is an adventure, and you are the heroine of your story. Go out there and make some great memories, sister!

Wanderlust runs in our blood, and I couldn't be prouder of my adventurous sister. Have an amazing journey!

May your travels be filled with new experiences, breathtaking moments, and unforgettable memories. Bon voyage, sis!

The best part of travelling is coming home with stories to tell. Can't wait to hear about your adventures, sis!

The journey is not always about the destination, but the experiences you have along the way. Enjoy every twist and turn, sister!

Happy Journey Quotes for Brother

Travelling is both an adventure and an opportunity to learn more about the world we live in. It can bring a sense of wonder, excitement, and fulfilment, especially when shared with family. If your brother is embarking on a journey, consider sending him these happy journey quotes to lift his spirits and wish him well.

Travel leaves you speechless, then transforms you into a storyteller. I can't wait to hear about your adventure, brother!

A thousand-mile trip begins with a single step. Brother, have a safe journey!

Don't count the memories; make the memories count. Enjoy every moment of your journey, bro!

An adventure with your sibling is the best kind of adventure. Have a blast on your journey, brother!

Travelling is not just seeing new sights; it's also creating new memories. Make every moment count, dear bro.

May your travels be filled with wonderful experiences, discoveries, and great memories. Bon voyage, brother!

Wanderlust runs in our family, and I can't wait to hear all about your journey. Go out there and make it unforgettable, bro!

I hope your journey is full of joy and laughter, and may you come back with stories to tell for a lifetime. Safe travels, dear brother.

Once a year, go somewhere you've never been before. Have an amazing adventure, bro!

Those who do not travel only read one page of the world's book. Continue your research, dear brother.

I wish you a safe journey, and remember, no matter where you go, you carry my heart with you.

You're traveling miles away, but no matter how far you are, you're always in my thoughts. Safe journey.

The world is a book, my dear. Every step you take is a new story to tell. Have a safe journey!

May your journey be free from stress and bring you home safely. Miss you already!

Life is a journey, and only you hold the map. Make the most out of it, and don’t forget to travel safe. Missing you!

As you travel to distant lands, may luck and love be yours. Safe journey, dear friend. Can't wait until you're back!

May your journey be full of wonderful memories. Be safe and know that we miss you already!

When you're ready to return, know that you have people waiting for you with open arms. Safe journey, and remember, we're missing you!

Wherever you are going, go with all your heart. And be sure to come back safe, we miss you too much!

Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure... and come back safe. You are missed beyond words!

Though you're going far away, you'll always be close to our hearts. Have a safe journey. We miss you already!

May your journey be filled with new and exciting experiences. Have a safe trip and don't forget how much we miss you!

May your journey be lighter and filled with the greatest happiness. Just remember, the void you've left behind waits to be filled upon your return. Safe journey!

Safe travels, dear friend. Though we miss you badly, we know this journey is important. Can't wait for your return!

Wherever you go, you bring a bit of brightness with you. Have a safe journey, and remember, in my thoughts and my heart, your place will always be reserved. Miss you!

Happy Journey Quotes to Boyfriend

Travelling with your significant other is a great way to strengthen your bond, build memories, and explore new places together. If your boyfriend is heading out on a journey, consider sending him these happy journey quotes to show your love and support.

Life is an adventure, and I'm thankful to have you along for the ride. Best wishes, my love!

According to this saying, the people we love, the places we've visited, and the memories we've created are the best things in life. Good luck, sweetheart!

The world is beautiful, and I'm excited for you to explore it. Have an amazing journey, dear.

Travelling with you is an adventure in itself. Can't wait to hear all about your journey, my love.

May your travels be filled with new experiences, breathtaking moments, and unforgettable memories. Safe travels, my dear.

Wherever you go, whatever you do, know I'll always be here for you. Enjoy your journey, my love.

The greatest part of travelling is discovering new places and rediscovering each other. Have a wonderful journey, my sweet.

I hope your journey brings you closer to your dreams and our future together. Miss you already, my love.

I couldn't be prouder of you for embarking on this journey. You inspire me to chase my dreams. Safe travels, my dear.

Our love knows no distance, and no journey can ever break us apart. Bon voyage, my love. See you soon!

Happy Journey Quotes to Girlfriend

Travelling can be an exciting and life-changing experience. When your girlfriend is setting off on a journey, let her know that you support her and are excited for her adventures. These happy journey quotes can help you express your love and encouragement.

May your journey be as amazing as you are, my love. Can't wait to hear all about it!

Travelling is a great opportunity to learn more about the world, and I'm grateful that I get to explore it with you. Safe travels, sweetheart.

Distance may keep us apart for a while, but love knows no bounds. Have fun on your journey, my dear.

The world is a beautiful place, and it's even more beautiful with you by my side. Have a wonderful journey, my love.

May your journey be filled with laughter, discovery, and unforgettable moments. Miss you already, my dear girl.

As you set off on your journey, know that I'm always here for you. Safe travels, my love.

No matter where you go, you take a piece of my heart with you. Have a fantastic journey, my sweet.

I'm so proud of you for taking this leap of faith. Have the time of your life, my amazing girlfriend.

Travelling is a great way to see the world, but it's even better when you have someone special to share it with. Safe travels, my love.

Our love story is a journey in itself, and I can't wait to see what adventures lie ahead for us. Have a spectacular trip, my dear girlfriend.

Every journey begins with a single step. Embrace the journey of life and the magic of new beginnings.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. Welcome the journey towards your new path.

Never underestimate the power of a fresh start. A new journey awaits!

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.

This beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.

Life is a journey, not a destination. Always look forward to what's coming next.

The secret to living a life of adventure is to stop fearing the start of a new journey.

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take the step.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Enjoy the journey.

Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing at all. Begin your new journey with bravery and hope.

Your journey has molded you for your greater good. Embrace the journey, embrace the changes.

The best way to prepare for your new journey is to start. So, here's to fresh beginnings!

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Celebrate this new phase of life with adventure and courage.

Don’t be afraid of new beginnings, from new people, new energy, and new surroundings. Embrace new chances at happiness.

With every ending, comes a new journey. Here's to the past paving the way for a great future!

Wishing you a fantastic journey! May your trip be filled with lots of memorable moments and bright experiences. Safe travels!

Just chill out and enjoy the beautiful sceneries that await you. Exciting adventures lie ahead. Have a fun-filled and unforgettable trip!

As you venture out and embark on this exciting journey, may every moment leave lasting impressions! Wishing you an amazing trip!

Just like waves come and go on the shore, may your journey be filled with countless surprises, joys, and successes. Have a safe and enjoyable trip!

A great trip begins with a single step. Wishing you a wonderful journey packed with beautiful new memories!

As you travel to beautiful destinations and lose yourself in the essence of new experiences, may each moment be cherished forever! Have a safe journey!

Just sit back and watch as the world's wonders unfold right in front of your eyes. Wishing you a safe and amazing journey!

No mile is too long, no destination too far—go exploring as if there's no tomorrow. Bon voyage and enjoy your journey!

You're destined for an exciting journey, filled with new memories and lifelong friendships. Have a safe and thrilling trip!

As you wave goodbye to the familiar, embrace the unknown that lies ahead. Traverse new roads and have a fantastic journey!

Cruise smoothly through life's winding roads and endless horizons. Have a spectacular journey filled with breathtaking adventures!

Happy Journey! May your footsteps be blessed and your future walks painted with a never-ending canvas of cheerful memories!

Life is a journey. So pack your bags, fasten your seatbelt, and head towards new experiences! Have a great trip!

Wishing you an extraordinary journey filled with breathtaking views, meaningful connections, and countless amazing memories!

Go where the wind blows, chase the sunset, and create beautiful memories. Embrace the adventure as you set off on this amazing journey! Safe travels!

Happy Journey Quotes For A Loved One

Travelling with your partner is an incredible way to explore new places, learn new things about each other, and create unforgettable memories. If your loved one is heading out on a journey, these happy journey quotes can help you show your support and love.

As you embark on this journey, know that my love is with you each step of the way. Bon voyage, my sweet.

Travelling with you is an adventure in itself. Can't wait to hear all about your journey!

Life is a journey, and I feel lucky to have you by my side. Have an amazing trip, my love.

May your journey be filled with new experiences, unforgettable memories, and love. Safe travels, my dear one.

Distance may keep us apart, but our love knows no bounds. Have a wonderful journey, my love.

Nothing brings us closer than experiencing the world together. Enjoy your journey, my love.

No matter where your journey takes you, I'll always be here when you return. Have a safe and enjoyable trip, my dear.

I hope your journey is as magnificent as you are. Safe travels, my love.

As you begin this journey, know that my love and support accompany you. Bon voyage, my dear one.

Our love is a journey, and every adventure makes it stronger. Have fun and be safe on your journey, my love.

Train journeys can be a unique and enjoyable way to travel. The scenery passing by, the train wheels on the tracks, and the excitement of reaching your destination all make for an incredible experience. These happy train journey quotes can help you express your love and excitement for this mode of transport.

Take the train and be carried away on a journey of discovery, adventure, and possibilities!

The train is the perfect way to slow down, relax, and enjoy the world's beauty. Enjoy every moment of your journey!

All aboard! Come ride the rails with me, and let's make memories that will last a lifetime.

The magic of a train journey lies in anticipation of the destination. Enjoy the ride and all the sights along the way!

There's nothing quite like the train's rhythm as it travels down the tracks. Enjoy your journey and all the adventures it brings.

A train journey is like no other. It's a journey back in time, of the senses, and of the soul.

Let the train take you on a journey of exploration and discovery. Who knows where it might lead?

The train is a symbol of travel, adventure, and romance. Take this journey with me, and let's make memories to treasure.

A train journey is a chance to slow down and enjoy the journey, rather than just the destination. Enjoy every moment!

The train is not just a mode of transport; it's an experience. Come on board and create a journey we'll remember forever.

Embarking on a journey can be an exciting and fulfilling experience. Whether travelling to a new country or simply taking a road trip with friends, the anticipation and excitement of what's to come is something to be cherished. These happy journey quotes can help you express joy and enthusiasm for the journey ahead.

Life is a journey, and every step of the way should be savoured. – Anon

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu

May your journey be filled with happy memories, laughter, and love. – Anon

The journey is the reward. – Steve Jobs​

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. – St. Augustine

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

The journey not only teaches us about the world, but also ourselves. – Anon

Don't listen to what they say; go see. – Anon

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. – Tim Cahill

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. – J.R.R. Tolkien

Travelling with friends can be a fun and rewarding experience. Laughing, exploring new places, and making memories can strengthen friendships and create lasting bonds. These happy journey quotes for friends are a great way to express appreciation for the special people who journey with you.

A journey is best when shared with good company. Thank you for being my travel buddy!

Life is better with friends by your side. Let's go on a journey together!

Friends who travel together stay together.

The best part of any journey is the people you meet. Thank you for being my friend and travel companion.

The journey becomes even more exciting when you have amazing friends to share it with.

Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them, but you know they are always there to light up your journey.

Thank you for being the kind of friend always up for an adventure. Let's go explore the world together!

Friendship is not just about being together, but about going on a journey together and creating memories that will last a lifetime.

The best journeys in life are those taken with friends. Thank you for being my travel buddy!

With you by my side, the journey is always incredible. Thank you for being my friend.

2. Travel far, travel wide, and let your soul be your guide.

3. Adventure awaits beyond the horizon. Embrace it with open arms and wanderlust in your heart.

4. Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.

5. Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. - Ibn Battuta

6. Life is short, and the world is wide. Travel and explore it to the fullest.

7. Travel is not a reward for working; it's an education for living.

8. The best education you will ever get is through traveling. Nothing teaches you more about the world and yourself.

9. Traveling is a journey of self-discovery, where you find out who you truly are and what truly matters.

10. Collect moments, not things. Travel and create memories that will last a lifetime.

11. Traveling opens your mind, broadens your perspective, and fills your heart with gratitude.

12. To travel is to live. Embrace the beauty and diversity of the world around you.

13. Traveling is an antidote to ignorance, prejudice, and narrow-mindedness. It fosters understanding, compassion, and tolerance.

14. Don't wait for the perfect moment; take the moment and make it perfect. Travel now, for tomorrow may never come.

15. Travel is not just about visiting new places; it's about experiencing new cultures, meeting new people, and creating lifelong connections.

16. Traveling is a soul-nourishing experience that rejuvenates, inspires, and leaves you craving for more.

17. The world is full of wonders, both big and small. Travel and witness the magic that exists beyond your comfort zone.

18. Traveling is like a love affair with life. It ignites your senses, awakens your spirit, and leaves you longing for more.

19. Traveling teaches you that the beauty of the world lies not only in its famous landmarks but also in its hidden gems.

20. Travel is the best teacher. It teaches you to be adaptable, resilient, and appreciative of the beauty and diversity of our planet.

2. May your journey be filled with excitement, adventure, and wonderful experiences. Have a fantastic time and return with stories to tell!

3. Bon voyage! May your journey be as amazing as you are, and may every moment be filled with joy and laughter.

4. Sending you warm wishes for a smooth and hassle-free journey. May you enjoy every step of the way and return with a refreshed spirit.

5. As you embark on this journey, may the road ahead be smooth, the skies above be clear, and the destination be everything you hoped for. Safe travels!

6. May your journey be a mosaic of beautiful moments and cherished memories. Have a wonderful time and come back rejuvenated!

7. Wishing you an incredible journey that takes you to new heights and opens doors to exciting opportunities. Enjoy every second of it!

8. May your journey be a tapestry of breathtaking landscapes, delightful discoveries, and precious moments. Safe travels and have an amazing time!

9. May your journey be filled with laughter, love, and unforgettable experiences. Wishing you a fantastic trip and a safe return!

10. As you set sail on this new adventure, may the wind be at your back, and may your journey be filled with smooth sailing and delightful surprises.

11. Bon voyage! May your journey be a treasure trove of delightful moments, and may you return home with a heart full of joy and contentment.

12. Wishing you a bon voyage and a journey filled with incredible sights, exciting adventures, and lifelong memories. Enjoy every minute of it!

13. May this journey bring you closer to your dreams, fill your heart with happiness, and leave you with unforgettable memories. Have a safe and enjoyable trip!

14. Sending you warm wishes for a journey filled with pleasant surprises, wonderful encounters, and cherished friendships. Bon voyage!

15. May your journey be an enchanting one, where every step leads you to new discoveries and every moment brings you closer to your destination. Safe travels!

16. Wishing you a delightful journey, filled with laughter, good company, and amazing experiences. Enjoy every moment and have a safe return!

17. May your journey be blessed with good luck, smooth roads, and beautiful moments that make your heart smile. Safe travels and have a fantastic time!

18. Bon voyage! May your journey be a symphony of delightful experiences and may you return home with a heart full of joy and fulfillment.

19. Wishing you safe travels and a journey that surpasses all your expectations. May you create beautiful memories that last a lifetime.

20. May your journey be as wonderful as you are, and may it bring you closer to your dreams and aspirations. Have an amazing time and return with a heart filled with happiness.

In conclusion, exploring the world is a remarkable adventure that allows us to discover new places, cultures, and experiences. These top 100+ uplifting happy journey quotes serve as a source of inspiration and motivation as we embark on our travels. They remind us to embrace the joy, excitement, and possibilities that come with each journey.

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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.

happy endings start with new beginnings.

True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.

There are no happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings but I believe in happy journeys.

You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

Happy endings always made her cry. It was the relief.

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

When we're young, we like happy endings. When we're a little older, we think happy endings are unrealistic and so we prefer bad but credible endings. When we're older still, we realize happy endings aren't so bad after all.

Happy endings were never handed out. You had to fight for them, earn them with bruised hearts and sacrifices.

And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings.

Our lives are our mythic journeys, and our happy endings are still to be won.

Happy endings are still endings.

there never is a happy ending because nothing ever ends.

I am not a great believer in fairy tales. Every woman should fight hard for her own happy endings. Although occasionally it is nice to wake up as a princess.

There are no happy endings, only breaks in the regular action.

Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.

Life isn't a fairy tale, and happy endings are few and far between

I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings.

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Happy Ending Quotes: Words of Wisdom to Inspire Joy

Welcome to a collection of inspiring happy ending quotes! As an AI language model, I may not have emotions, but I can appreciate the value of a positive and uplifting message. So whether you’re looking for motivation, inspiration, or just a little bit of joy, these happy ending quotes and captions will remind you that happiness is always within reach.

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“I have decided, in my heart of hearts, that I want to be happy, and happiness is a good deal like having a handsome face and a lot of money.”

When life’s story takes us to the end, a happy ending is the ultimate reward.

The happiest of endings are the ones we write ourselves. – happy ending quotes

Happiness isn’t just about reaching the end, it’s about enjoying the journey.

The best endings are the ones that leave us feeling content, complete, and full of joy.

In the end, it’s not about what we have, it’s about how we feel. A happy ending is not the destination, it’s the attitude you choose to take with you along the way.

A happy ending is not the end of the road, it’s a new beginning.

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“I am thankful that I was not born two hundred years ago and am able to live in this century when there is so much possibility for happiness.”

Happiness is not found at the end of the rainbow, it’s found within ourselves.

The key to a happy ending is knowing that it’s not the end, it’s just the beginning of a new chapter.

Happiness is not something we acquire, it’s something we create. – happy ending quotes

The happiest endings are the ones that are not expected, but deeply appreciated.

In the end, it’s not about winning, it’s about finding joy in the journey.

Happiness is not a place to reach, it’s a state of being that we can create for ourselves.

Happiness is not something we can buy, it’s something we can cultivate within ourselves.

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And when life gives you lemons and you don’t have any lemons, then make some lemonade with lime juice.”

The happiest endings are the ones that teach us the most valuable lessons.

The greatest gift we can give ourselves is the ability to find happiness in every moment, not just at the end of the story.

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the most of everything that comes along their way.- happy ending quotes

Life is a journey, not a destination. The destination is always in sight and you can see it from where you are now.

The greatest gift you can give yourself is the ability to be at peace with your own life.

A man who has nothing to do but look ahead cannot be very happy.

The most beautiful happy endings are the ones that are shared with those we love.

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“When two people come together, they become something greater than either could be alone: they create a third entity that is greater than them both.”

That’s the thing about life. It’s not fair. But you do the best you can.

There is no such thing as failure, only feedback. And how you handle that feedback determines your destiny.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and take in love and let it flow back to us. That’s what life is all about. – happy ending quotes

A happy ending is only a wish for the future.

A happy ending is not a coincidence. It’s not luck. It’s not a miracle or a fairy tale—it’s just plain old hard work.

It’s not the end of the story that matters; it’s what happens next that counts.

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“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He who experiences it not only has a better life but also knows that life has a better meaning.”

Don’t worry about the future. It takes care of itself.

There are two times in life when you can be certain of anything: when you’re born and when you die.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I’m with you. – happy ending quotes

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or heard, but must be felt with the heart.

Take every risk, take every chance to make your dreams come true; don’t let anything stand in your way!

A happy ending can be found in every story, even when the story is not your own.

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56 'Happy Endings' Quotes of Friendship and Misadventure from the Popular Sitcom

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If you're in the mood for a good laugh and enjoy an ensemble cast of characters sure to remind you of someone you know, then read these 56 quotes from "Happy Endings" that will leave you chuckling.

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"Happy Endings" is a must-watch sitcom with a stellar cast of likable characters everyone is sure to relate to: the happily married couple, comprising of businessman and overachiever Brad and his neurotic perfectionist wife, Jane.

Then there is ditzy Alex, a happy-go-lucky store owner, and Jane's younger sister. There's the daydreamer, the aspiring restaurateur and food truck owner, the annoying likable manchild Max, and more. Read these 56 quotes to get a better sense of this bunch and their sense of humor.

Alex Kerkovich's quote, "Everyone needs two naps per day." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

'Happy Endings' Famous Quotes from Alex Kerkovich

"Everyone needs two naps per day." — Alex Kerkovich

"Why are you so obsessed with finding a flaw in him?" — Alex Kerkovich

"Recycle? What is this, Portland?" — Alex Kerkovich

"Woo! I'm so excited. An intervention? It's like having a surprise party for someone that's going to hate you." — Alex Kerkovich

"Honestly, on a scale of fur to scales, I prefer scales." — Alex Kerkovich

"It's better to be memorable than boring." — Alex Kerkovich

Alex Kerkovich's quote, "He got a case of the broken hearts." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"Pearl Harbor, cause we want this wedding to be da bomb! Like that Michael Bay movie Armageddon." — Alex Kerkovich

"I love being on my own." — Alex Kerkovich

" When you say it out loud like that, it just really sinks in, like when I found out Gossip Girl was a guy." Alex Kerkovich

"I'm not as dumb as I am." — Alex Kerkovich

"Ghosts are real. Just like warlocks and doulas." — Alex Kerkovich

"He got a case of the broken hearts." — Alex Kerkovich

Penny Hartz's quote, "I'm gonna die alone in a light-up Christmas sweater talking to a menagerie of parrots." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

'Happy Endings' Iconic Quotes from Penny Hartz

"No, I'd rather be surprised by a disappointment than happy with what I expected. It's why I never ask if a pool is heated." — Penny Hartz

"I love my mom. We're like the 'Gilmore Girls,' but we came first, so we're better." — Penny Hartz

"OK, as someone who's dated enough gay guys to earn the nickname 'will she ever learn?' I cannot allow you to keep wasting this girl's time." — Penny Hartz

"I'm gonna die alone in a light-up Christmas sweater talking to a menagerie of parrots." — Penny Hartz

"Well, as the author of several dozen cries for help, I know a good one when I hear one." — Penny Hartz

"Alex: OK, let's do this. What's my gay category?

Derrick: OK, you're a twink, but I've seen you eat, so you're a sloppy twink, which is not as much fun as it sounds. Penny… you are really loud, and you have a lot of embarrassing stories about dating... You are a hag.

Penny: But I used to be a beard, so I take that as a win." — "Happy Endings"

Penny Hartz's quote, "Nothing good comes from lying." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"Nothing good comes from lying." — Penny Hartz

"I'm an independent woman and everything, but no matter how hard you sing along to Liz Phair or how many women's surf camps you go to, when the chips are down, you're goin' fake fiancé." — Penny Hartz

"Avi: My cleanse is pretty next level. I'm only eating clean foods… That's right, y'all—Avi's celibate.

Penny: Are you sure that's a choice, Avi?

Avi: Good dig. But jealousy is not a sweat pant that fits you well." — "Happy Endings"

"All that matters is me and you." — Penny Hartz

"I finally decide I'm into Hitler, and it turns out I'm too much of a Nazi for him." — Penny Hartz

"Yuk, yuk, yuk it up, because my body is a temple…" — Penny Hartz

"Hey, hey, hey. Give me that knife… and like me more." — Penny Hartz

Jane Williams' quote, "I am in your head, and I got a three-bedroom condo in there with a marble island and a pizza oven and a… fridge!" | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

'Happy Endings' Iconic Quotes from Jane Williams, Max Blum, and Others

"I am in your head, and I got a three-bedroom condo in there with a marble island and a pizza oven and a… fridge!" — Jane Williams

"The third one looked like a female Scott Bakula, which just stressed me out because I am way behind on my Men of a Certain Age, and you know how mama likes a clean DVR." — Jane Williams

"You always change to fit a guy." — Jane Williams

"'Animals for Change' helps to protect endangered species except for pandas. They have plenty of money. They are like the breast cancer of animal charities." — Jane Williams

"Hey, forgetti and meatballs, Jason Bourne called, and he says he remembers more stuff than you." — Jane Williams

Max Blum's quote "Ya, TV really is nature's babysitter." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"Max, you look like John McEnroe's fat cousin, John Mac n Cheese." — Jane Williams

"Brad: I don't know what's gonna happen next.

Jane: None of us do. I mean, that's kind of the beauty of it." — Happy Endings

"Every group needs a Dave!" — Jane Williams

"You wanted me to be happy? I almost was, and then you ruined it. So, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go home, hard-boil an egg, and eat it on the toilet. L'Chaim." — Max Blum

"Ya, TV really is nature's babysitter." — Max Blum

Max Blum's quote, "I like tough girls, real tough... men." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"You don't need a gay husband... 'cause you're my gay husband." — Max Blum

"I like tough girls, real tough... men." — Max Blum

"What a graceful swan of a lady." — Max Blum

"How can you tell a man not to follow his dream?" — Max Blum

"Well, you lose some you lose some, right?" — Max Blum

"You know what I was thinking about? If Mary Tyler Moore married and then divorced Steven Tyler, then married and divorced Michael Moore, then got into a three-way lesbian marriage with Demi Moore and Mandy Moore, would she go by the name Mary Tyler Moore Tyler Moore Moore Moore? Hm." — Max Blum

Max Blum's quote, "I'm sorry, I like to call celebrities by the name they prefer: Bobby De Niro, Sandy Bullock, Eddie Jimmy Olmos." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"It's my fault; I know, I'm sorry. It's just I got all paranoid that you guys would move on and start doing rich stuff, and I'd never see you guys again because you'd be going to Eyes Wide Shut parties or hunting people for sport with Tommy Hilfiger or whatever rich people supposedly do." — Max Blum

"Are you part of the conspiracy? Are you all doing this because you think I'm chubby? My doctor says l retain water like a pregnant woman in a humid climate, which is a real condition." — Max Blum

"I'm sorry, I like to call celebrities by the name they prefer: Bobby De Niro, Sandy Bullock, Eddie Jimmy Olmos." — Max Blum

"Tourists ruin everything. This place. The Vatican." — Max Blum

"Max: [acting as a tour guide with his limo] Welcome to Chicago! Now here's a fun fact. Chicago was originally nicknamed the Window City, but another city had that nickname first, so thanks a lot, Omaha!

Tourist: Really? That doesn't sound right." — Max Blum

Brad Williams's quote, "It's not about where you are. It's who you're with." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"Max: You should watch the gay history channel.

Dave: That's a thing?

Derrick: Yeah, it's called Bravo." — "Happy Endings"

"I love when Mare Bear lets herself laugh, you know?" — Brad Williams

"It's not about where you are. It's who you're with." — Brad Williams

"You're in serious chick-sand." — Brad Williams

"You're like the ghost of Tilda Swinton." — Brad Williams

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Dave Rose's quote, "You're right, the juice is worth the squeeze." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

"Nobody solves things through tennis matches anymore, bro; it's not the '80s." — Brad Williams

"Dave: Have you ever felt like the Big Mac wasn't big enough? Or the foot long wasn't feet long enough? Well, have no fear, ladies and gentlemen, and feast your eyes upon steaktanic! Two pounds of meat.

Max: Steaktanic.

Dave: One liter of garlic aeoli.

Dave: A half a block of smoked Gouda. Three layers of lettuce ... iceberg, dead ahead." — "Happy Ending"

"You're right, the juice is worth the squeeze." — Dave Rose

"You're the Michael Jordan of destroying friendships." — Dave Rose

"Avi: Please, don't touch me! I'll explode like a water bottle on a cross-country flight to Albuquerque.

Max: Where's that flight from?

Avi: JFK." — "Happy Endings"

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Dave Rose's quote, "You're the Michael Jordan of destroying friendships." | Source: Facebook/HappyEndings

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66 Happy Marriage Quotes That Will Inspire Every Couple

We gathered sweet messages from literature, film, comedians, and celebrities.

Cristina Montemayor is a freelance writer and makeup artist whose work has appeared on HelloGiggles, Slate, Elite Daily, and Bustle.

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What’s the secret to a happy marriage ? Ask ten couples and you'll get ten different answers. There’s the traditional advice, such as “never go to bed angry," or there's the classic reminder to always remember that marriage requires compromise. While the practical takeaways will always vary, there's one universal trait found in all strong, healthy partnerships: Happy marriages tend to be marked with the kind of deep passion and radical acceptance that cultivates a blissful bond between two people.

Of course, no marriage is happy all the time, but by focusing on your partner’s strengths, expressing your love and appreciation every day, and communicating within the partnership, you’ll be celebrating many years of wedded bliss in no time. To celebrate the joys of marriage, we’ve put together a list of the best happy marriage quotes of all time. Whether you’re engaged , newly married, or going on multiple decades married to the same person, you’ll appreciate these 66 happy marriage quotes from literature, film, comedians, celebrities and more.

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Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Writers and Poets

• “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” —André Maurois
• “Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.” —Ann Landers
• “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” —Mark Twain
• "There is no remedy for love but to love more." —Henry David Thoreau
• "I believe in love. I think it just hits you and pulls the rug out from underneath you and, like a baby, demands your attention every minute of the day." —Jodi Picoult
• “The highest happiness on earth is marriage.” —William Lyon Phelps
• “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
• “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers .” —Ruth Bell Graham
• “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you directly without problems or pride: I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love, except in this form in which I am not nor are you, so close that your hand upon my chest is mine, so close that your eyes close with my dreams.” —Pablo Neruda
• “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou
• "Love is a friendship set to music." —Joseph Campbell
• “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” —Mignon McLaughlin
• “If I had a flower for every time thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.” —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• "This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible beings who do not run away from life." —Paul Tournier
• “To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.” —Robert Brault
• “Love doesn’t make the world go round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• “Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.” —Louis de Bernières
• “There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?” —Mary Oliver
• “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.” —Harville Hendrix
• “Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.” —Samuel Richardson

Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Philosophers

• “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” —Plato
• "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." —Sophocles
• “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” —Lao Tzu

Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Musicians

• “We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she’s getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it’s working.” —Justin Timberlake
• "A simple 'I love you' means more than money." —Frank Sinatra
• “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” —Franz Schubert
• "We're friends, too. We love each other, but we actually like each other—and that's an important distinction there. Love is passion and all of that stuff, but actually liking somebody and enjoying someone's company is something slightly different, and it lasts longer. So you can have both, and I think that's important. Be married to your best friend." —Sting
• "I don’t want to present myself as the 'perfect spouse' and I don’t want to present our relationship as the 'perfect relationship' because I don’t think anybody meets that definition. I think it’s too much pressure to put on anyone. However, I don’t mind being known as somebody who’s devoted to their wife. I am devoted to Chrissy. And when I write about [my commitment to her], it’s me being authentic." —John Legend

Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Comedians

• “I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” —Rita Rudner
• “Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music, and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays." —Henny Youngman
• "Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are." —Will Ferrell
• “Monogamy is monotonous, but it’s safe, you know? And that’s my philosophy.” —Joy Behar
• “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” —Dave Meurer
• “Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.” —Sam Levenson
• “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” —Henny Youngman
• "I married for love but the obvious side benefit of having someone around to find my glasses cannot be ignored." —Cameron Esposito
• "He does tell me every single day of my life I'm beautiful, and I do know a lot of women live without that. And it does matter, someone just telling you that." —Mary Steenburgen

Love Quotes to Inspire Marriage From Movies and Television

• “Look, you want to know what marriage is really like? Fine. You wake up, she's there. You come back from work, she's there. You fall asleep, she's there. You eat dinner, she's there. You know? I mean, I know that sounds like a bad thing, but it's not." —Ray Romano as Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” —Meg Ryan as Sally Albright in When Harry Met Sally
• "I wish I had done everything on earth with you." —Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
• “After a while, you just want to be with the one that makes you laugh.” —Chris Noth as Mr. Big, Sex and the City
• “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.” —Ewan McGregor as Christian in Moulin Rouge!

Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Literature

• "Happiness [is] only real when shared." Jon Krakauer,  Into the Wild
• "Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." —Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
• "Something my dad says...He says you end up marrying the one you don't understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying." —Frederik Backman, Anxious People
• "You don’t stop loving a person when they’re hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you." —Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone
• "But once you've actually been in love, you can't live with 'will do;' it's worse than living with yourself." —Andrew Sean Greer, Less
• "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.” ―John Green,  The Fault in Our Stars
• “You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride.”― Jodi Picoult,  Mercy

Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Actors

• "I have someone who I can talk to about anything and someone who I care more about than I’ve cared about anybody.” —George Clooney
• “Love is like a friendship caught on fire.” —Bruce Lee
• "People say, 'Jeez, it must be hard to stay married in show business. I think it's hard to stay married anywhere. But if you marry the right person, it might work out. We give each other a natural sense of support for whatever the other wants to pursue. Our marriage doesn't require vast work." —Tom Hanks
• “We support each other in everything we do. We want the other one to strive. [It] makes you happy when the other one strives. And you know what, we don’t have a very strong social life because we really like to spend time together. So, we do spend a lot of quality time together." —Salma Hayak
• “I got gaps; you got gaps; we fill each other’s gaps...Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people; you can set your watch by them. And that’s love, even if it doesn’t seem very exciting." —Sylvester Stallone
• "When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there." —Julia Roberts
• "There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love. It's like that beautiful Shakespeare quote from Romeo and Juliet: 'My bounty is as boundless as the sea. My love is deep. The more I give to thee, the more I have. For both are infinite.'" —Reese Witherspoon
• "When I feel the support that I have from him, I feel invincible. There's someone behind you on your good days and someone in front of you on your bad days." —Emily Blunt
• “Marriage is a risk; I think it’s a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.” —Cate Blanchett
• "Marriage is like a graph—it has its ups and downs and as long as things bounce back up again, you’ve got a good marriage. If it heads straight down, then you’ve got some problems!" —Julie Andrews
• “I felt that I had met someone who I would absolutely, you know, trade my life for. I met someone who—her life meant more to me than my life.” —George Clooney

Love Quotes to Inspire Happy Marriage From Public Figures

• “One of the things that really allows us to get through these moments that are obviously very stressful—we’re talking about the future of the free world—it’s important to be able to laugh at yourself and each other. We do a healthy amount of both of that. We don’t take ourselves too seriously in the context of our relationship. You can’t. You just have to flow and know what’s really important.” —Kamala Harris
• “The secret is that you just take care of each other and admire each other and support each other and you get that back … If Jeffrey and I disagree on something, he always agrees with me!” —Ina Garten
• “A good marriage is a contest of generosity.” —Diane Sawyer
• “The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.” —Julia Child
• "When a marriage works, nothing on Earth can take its place." —Helen Gahagan Douglas
• “There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.” —Martin Luther

When it comes down to it, we hope that these happy marriage quotes are a sweet reminder to you and your partner about why you love each other so much. Whether you use the quotes in your vows, in letters to each other, on birthdays, or during special celebrations, turn to these quotes about marriage for a little inspiration and reminder of how special your love truly is.

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The rescue of 70 dogs, including Bueno, is the largest international dog rescue the animal welfare group SPCA International has ever brought to the United States, said the group, whose acronym stands for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ten of the dogs ended up in Michigan for adoption.

The dogs were suffering fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, raging on the other side of Israel since Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people. In retaliation, Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip and at least 33,000 Palestinian people have been killed, according to various news reports.

Animals throughout the region have been left to fend with the deteriorating conditions, said Diana George Babish from Animal and Environment Association-Bethlehem Palestine , the animal shelter in Bethlehem where the 10 dogs who came to Michigan had lived.

A $275,000 rescue effort

"Bethlehem depends on tourism, but due to the war, Bethlehem didn't receive tourists," George Babish wrote in an email response to questions from the Detroit Free Press. "Restaurants weren't also opened, so animals couldn't find good (food) near the trash containers of hotels or restaurants. Animals were under threat of hunger, dehydration, ticks and fleas, diseases and of course humans' abuse."

It was no easy task to get the 70 dogs out of Israel and to the United States. It was delayed three times and it took the tenacity of nearly 100 people and $275,000 from SPCA International donations to get it done, said Lori Kalef, director of programs at SPCA International.

But on March 14, the dogs flew out of Tel Aviv aboard a commercial chartered flight to JFK Airport in New York. From there, the dogs were flown to various U.S. rescues. Bueno and nine others headed to the Detroit Animal Welfare Group — DAWG — in Romeo.

"It was a long, long road for them," Kalef told the Detroit Free Press. "I don’t think any of us exhaled until they came out of that cage and we saw those wagging tales. But we had two choices: We leave them to an uncertain fate, which could be death or released back on the street, or they go through this 35-hour journey, travel 7,500 miles and get a chance to have a better life. We chose the latter.”

Performing 70 miracles

The rescue started in December, when an acquiantance of Kalef's in the Middle East told Kalef that the Daily Hugz Animal Sanctuary in the West Bank needed to evacuate its 60 dogs. The West Bank is east of Israel and home to about 3 million Palestinians, according to Vox . In 1967, Israel seized the area from Jordan and has occupied it since.

Kalef got on the phone with Maad Abu-Ghazalah, the founder of Daily Hugz. He is a Palestinian American and since the war started, he told her that Israel had been denying him entry to the West Bank because he is Palestinian. He couldn’t get to his dogs in the shelter there, and his staff, who were caring for them in his absence, were quitting to evacuate the area, Kalef said.

“He said, 'I need to get these dogs to safety,' because tensions are starting to grow in the West Bank as well," Kalef said. "Something this grand took a lot of coordination. We started that day.”

In two weeks, Kalef found Fly Alliance, a repurposed 747 with all of its seats removed to transport animals and cargo. Not only would it end up flying the dogs, but it took on some horses during a layover in Belgium, Kalef said.

But despite a target date of Feb. 15, the plans kept getting postponed due to various challenges such as getting through the Israeli checkpoints. Finally, in the early morning hours of March 14, the group loaded the dogs, each in a crate, onto Palestinian trucks. Because they were not allowed to cross in Palestinian trucks into Israel, the group had to carry each dog in a crate across the border and put them into trucks with Israeli license plates, Kalef said.

The group also had to have empty cages sent to the airport in advance for clearance. That created a challenge because the group would not have cages for the dogs in transit.

"So we had to find 70 additional cages 48 hours ahead of the flight and then transfer each dog, one by one, into the new cages at the airport," Kalef said. "Maad Abu-Ghazalah said, 'We didn’t just perform a miracle. We performed 70 of them.' "

'We have to get out of the area'

For Romeo resident Kelley LaBonty, rescuing dogs from other countries is nothing new. She is the director of the Detroit Animal Welfare Group in Romeo. LaBonty six years ago rescued several dogs from the meat trade in Thailand, she said.

So when SPCA International reached out to her Jan. 12 for help in evacuating dogs from the West Bank, LaBonty agreed to take 10 animals. That was the amount the rescue, run entirely by volunteers, could care for.

"They sent us some short biographies on each of the dogs, and we could pick," LaBonty told the Free Press.

Besides the dogs coming from the Daily Hugz Animal Sanctuary in the West Bank, the Bethlehem Animal Shelter had 10 dogs needing help. LaBonty said she would take those dogs.

"The other shelter (Daily Hugz) had to close and evacuate to safety," LaBonty said. "He told (SPCA International), 'I have to leave. It’s unsafe here and we have to get out of the area.'"

'He' is Maad Abu-Ghazalah, who said in a statement, "At the time of our greatest despair, it was SPCA International which stepped in to provide hope for the dozens of dogs trapped in an increasingly violent environment. In the face of all the hurdles in our path, our international team, led by SPCAI, showed tenacity to ensure that no dog got left behind. "

SPCA International is still working with the Bethlehem shelter to help it rescue more dogs, but it won’t be an emergency evacuation there anytime soon because it is farther from the conflict zone, Kalef said.

'Tears ... we had been waiting for so long'

On March 17, three days after the dogs landed in New York and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cleared them to enter the country, a Race for Life Rescue animal transport plane with 20 dogs aboard headed to Oakland County International Airport in Waterford.

LaBonty said that she, two volunteers and two airport personnel were waiting for the plane full of dogs. Detroit Animal Welfare Group would take its 10 before the others headed to shelters in Indiana and Ohio, said Janet Austin, one of the group's volunteers who was at the airport.

The plane landed in Oakland County around 2 p.m., sparking an emotional reaction on the ground, LaBonty said.

"Tears. We were all crying. We had been waiting for so long," LaBonty said. "We know it’s quite a task to take in 10 new dogs in a new environment, a new language, a new time zone … they had been traveling since Wednesday and didn’t get to us until Sunday. So they were stressed out and we knew they’d be fearful. We wanted to make it as smooth as possible, so a lot of preparation went into that."

The pilots of Race For Life and SPCA volunteers from the flight helped load the dogs in the shelter's trucks.

"It was just the excitement and knowing the stories of some of these dogs and what they went through to survive," Austin said of her emotional reaction in the moment. "They are beautiful dogs, but they have street scars. They’ve had a bit of a rough life. But it was the excitement of knowing, as they came off the plane: There’s Cody, and there's Falcon and there's Lizzy.”

The dogs' stories

Indeed, each of the dogs has those street scars and a story — often a sad one.

They are all of the Canaan breed, a breed found in the Middle East, LaBonty said. She said they are protective, but not aggressive, and they are smart. They resemble a mix of shepherd/labradors.

"The shelter they came from had no yard, so they could not go out to play and they didn’t have people, because of the war, to walk them," LaBonty said. "So just for them to be able to play in the yard, they just loved, loved, loved it. They don’t know what toys are or bones are … but they are catching on very quickly."

Life is going to be remarkably different for them considering where some of them have been. Take 3-year-old Carl, a thin, tan dog with black and white markings on his face and a shy demeanor. He was rescued after someone had him tied on a chain that was so tight, it left permanent marks around his neck, Austin said.

Cody, who is about 6, is a statuesque cream and tan beauty, who endured cruelty as a puppy. He was rescued from a refugee camp where people thought that if they cut off his ears, he would become more aggressive. It backfired: Cody is a gentle giant, with short nubs as ears now.

Two-year-old Falcon has some black-and-tan in him with the coat of a German shepherd. He'll look you directly in the eye with gentle kindness. He was rescued in Bethlehem in 2019 as a young pup. He was found with a broken leg, rummaging for food in the garbage.

Karim was found four years ago at 6 months old in Hebron, a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank. He was sick and maggots filled his ears. His resilience has carried him through as he patiently waits for a forever home. Austin said he is a bit timid, but his gentle nature and friendliness shine through.

Five-year-old Jimmy is a handsome cream-colored dog who was rescued as a 2-month-old puppy in an area where dogs were being poisoned. At 77 pounds, people shied away from adopting him, but Austin said that despite being big, he's calm and enjoys hugs. He is friendly with people and other dogs.

Carlos, born in March 2018, survived severe abuse alongside his siblings as puppies. Despite his past, Carlos has grown into a big-hearted boy with a friendly and gentle demeanor, Austin said. He finds solace in walks.

A happy ending for Bueno

Then there is Bueno. He was 2 years old in 2020 when he and two other puppies roamed the streets of Bethlehem and got picked up and taken to Bethlehem Animal Shelter. The shelter found a nice family for Bueno, but the night before he was to be adopted, thieves broke into the shelter and stole three dogs, including Bueno. He disappeared for the next three years.

Last year, Bueno was found on the street and his microchip came back to the Bethlehem shelter. He had been partially blinded in one eye during those years. For the shelter, it was imperative that Bueno, now a senior dog with vision problems, be given a good life, Austin said.

He is getting it. On March 30, a local ophthalmologist and his wife "fell in love with the Bueno's story" and with him.

"He and his wife met Bueno and thought he was amazing," Austin said. "They were impressed with his demeanor and personality and said, 'We want him.' "

Bueno was adopted and Lizzy, a 9-month old female from Bethlehem, is being fostered to adopt. The other eight are available for adoption, along with about two dozen other rescue dogs at Detroit Animal Welfare Group. The adoption fee is $175. Austin said shelter workers meet potential adopters for approval.

"We’re picky about where these dogs end up, because these dogs deserve a better life and we want to be sure they are set up for success," Austin said.

The SPCA International is still collecting donations to pay off the cost of the rescue, if you are interested in making a donation you can do so at www.spcai.org/west-bank .

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A blunt, gut-twisting work of speculative fiction, “Civil War” opens with the United States at war with itself — literally, not just rhetorically. In Washington, D.C., the president is holed up in the White House; in a spookily depopulated New York, desperate people wait for water rations. It’s the near-future, and rooftop snipers, suicide bombers and wild-eyed randos are in the fight while an opposition faction with a two-star flag called the Western Forces, comprising Texas and California — as I said, this is speculative fiction — is leading the charge against what remains of the federal government. If you’re feeling triggered, you aren’t alone.

It’s mourning again in America, and it’s mesmerizingly, horribly gripping. Filled with bullets, consuming fires and terrific actors like Kirsten Dunst running for cover, the movie is a what-if nightmare stoked by memories of Jan. 6. As in what if the visions of some rioters had been realized, what if the nation was again broken by Civil War, what if the democratic experiment called America had come undone? If that sounds harrowing, you’re right. It’s one thing when a movie taps into childish fears with monsters under the bed; you’re eager to see what happens because you know how it will end (until the sequel). Adult fears are another matter.

In “Civil War,” the British filmmaker Alex Garland explores the unbearable if not the unthinkable, something he likes to do. A pop cultural savant, he made a splashy zeitgeist-ready debut with his 1996 best seller “The Beach,” a novel about a paradise that proves deadly, an evergreen metaphor for life and the basis for a silly film . That things in the world are not what they seem, and are often far worse, is a theme that Garland has continued pursuing in other dark fantasies, first as a screenwriter (“ 28 Days Later ”), and then as a writer-director (“ Ex Machina ”). His résumé is populated with zombies, clones and aliens, though reliably it is his outwardly ordinary characters you need to keep a closer watch on.

By the time “Civil War” opens, the fight has been raging for an undisclosed period yet long enough to have hollowed out cities and people’s faces alike. It’s unclear as to why the war started or who fired the first shot. Garland does scatter some hints; in one ugly scene, a militia type played by a jolting, scarily effective Jesse Plemons asks captives “what kind of American” they are. Yet whatever divisions preceded the conflict are left to your imagination, at least partly because Garland assumes you’ve been paying attention to recent events. Instead, he presents an outwardly and largely post-ideological landscape in which debates over policies, politics and American exceptionalism have been rendered moot by war.

‘Civil War’ Is Designed to Disturb You

One thing that remains familiar amid these ruins is the movie’s old-fashioned faith in journalism. Dunst, who’s sensational, plays Lee, a war photographer who works for Reuters alongside her friend, a reporter, Joel (the charismatic Wagner Moura). They’re in New York when you meet them, milling through a crowd anxiously waiting for water rations next to a protected tanker. It’s a fraught scene; the restless crowd is edging into mob panic, and Lee, camera in hand, is on high alert. As Garland’s own camera and Joel skitter about, Lee carves a path through the chaos, as if she knows exactly where she needs to be — and then a bomb goes off. By the time it does, an aspiring photojournalist, Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), is also in the mix.

The streamlined, insistently intimate story takes shape once Lee, Joel, Jessie and a veteran reporter, Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), pile into a van and head to Washington. Joel and Lee are hoping to interview the president (Nick Offerman), and Sammy and Jessie are riding along largely so that Garland can make the trip more interesting. Sammy serves as a stabilizing force (Henderson fills the van with humanizing warmth), while Jessie plays the eager upstart Lee takes under her resentful wing. It’s a tidily balanced sampling that the actors, with Garland’s banter and via some cozy downtime, turn into flesh-and-blood personalities, people whose vulnerability feeds the escalating tension with each mile.

As the miles and hours pass, Garland adds diversions and hurdles, including a pair of playful colleagues, Tony and Bohai (Nelson Lee and Evan Lai), and some spooky dudes guarding a gas station. Garland shrewdly exploits the tense emptiness of the land, turning strangers into potential threats and pretty country roads into ominously ambiguous byways. Smartly, he also recurrently focuses on Lee’s face, a heartbreakingly hard mask that Dunst lets slip brilliantly. As the journey continues, Garland further sketches in the bigger picture — the dollar is near-worthless, the F.B.I. is gone — but for the most part, he focuses on his travelers and the engulfing violence, the smoke and the tracer fire that they often don’t notice until they do.

Despite some much-needed lulls (for you, for the narrative rhythm), “Civil War” is unremittingly brutal or at least it feels that way. Many contemporary thrillers are far more overtly gruesome than this one, partly because violence is one way unimaginative directors can put a distinctive spin on otherwise interchangeable material: Cue the artful fountains of arterial spray. Part of what makes the carnage here feel incessant and palpably realistic is that Garland, whose visual approach is generally unfussy, doesn’t embellish the violence, turning it into an ornament of his virtuosity. Instead, the violence is direct, at times shockingly casual and unsettling, so much so that its unpleasantness almost comes as a surprise.

If the violence feels more intense than in a typical genre shoot ’em up, it’s also because, I think, with “Civil War,” Garland has made the movie that’s long been workshopped in American political discourse and in mass culture, and which entered wider circulation on Jan. 6. The raw power of Garland’s vision unquestionably owes much to the vivid scenes that beamed across the world that day when rioters, some wearing T-shirts emblazoned with “ MAGA civil war ,” swarmed the Capitol. Even so, watching this movie, I also flashed on other times in which Americans have relitigated the Civil War directly and not, on the screen and in the streets.

Movies have played a role in that relitigation for more than a century, at times grotesquely. Two of the most famous films in history — D.W. Griffith’s 1915 racist epic “The Birth of a Nation” (which became a Ku Klux Klan recruitment tool) and the romantic 1939 melodrama “Gone With the Wind” — are monuments to white supremacy and the myth of the Southern Lost Cause. Both were critical and popular hits. In the decades since, filmmakers have returned to the Civil War era to tell other stories in films like “Glory,” “Lincoln” and “Django Unchained” that in addressing the American past inevitably engage with its present.

There are no lofty or reassuring speeches in “Civil War,” and the movie doesn’t speak to the better angels of our nature the way so many films try to. Hollywood’s longstanding, deeply American imperative for happy endings maintains an iron grip on movies, even in ostensibly independent productions. There’s no such possibility for that in “Civil War.” The very premise of Garland’s movie means that — no matter what happens when or if Lee and the rest reach Washington — a happy ending is impossible, which makes this very tough going. Rarely have I seen a movie that made me so acutely uncomfortable or watched an actor’s face that, like Dunst’s, expressed a nation’s soul-sickness so vividly that it felt like an X-ray.

Civil War Rated R for war violence and mass death. Running time: 1 hour 49 minutes. In theaters.

Manohla Dargis is the chief film critic for The Times. More about Manohla Dargis

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