Friday, January 25, 2013

* THE JOURNEY OF LIFE *

After reading a beautiful and inspiring post over at Julie's A Thought Grows, I decided to post mainly quotes today. My regular visitors know how much I love them: funny ones, serious ones, uplifting and inspiring ones. 

 Julie's blog post is about mountain climbing and writing.....and oh yes, I definitely agree they are similar!

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

"Too often we are so preoccupied with the destination, we forget the journey." -- Unknown

 "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -- Annie Dillard

 "The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place." -- Barbara DeAngelis

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

 "You should live every day like it's your last day because one day you're gonna be right." -- Ray Charles
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It took me quite a few years to realize that life is about The Journey, and not The Destination. 

 How about you? Do you have a favorite quote about life you'd like to share?
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26 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    "My momma always said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.'" Forrest Gump

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    Thank you for the shout-out and I love the quotes. They fit perfectly with what I was thinking about too. Going to steal a few to post. :)

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  3. BethJanuary 25, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    Love the Ray Charles quote!!

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  4. Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:25 PM

    I really like the first one!

    Kathy M.

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  5. Myrna R.January 25, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    My favorite is the one by Barbara DeAngelis. Life truly is quite a journey.

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  6. Chatty CroneJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    I think of my dear hubs - he got into fishing - and he studied and studied and studies and that was all he talked about - then he didn't catch a thing. lol I told him he needed to just go fishing!

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  7. podsoJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:22 PM

    I love to read quotes --always impressed with the wisdom in a nugget.

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  8. Patricia PrestonJanuary 25, 2013 at 8:07 PM

    Great quotes! Hope you have a fun weekend!

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  9. ValJanuary 25, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    "The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee.

    Also...Garfield: "I live for weekends."

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  10. BECKYJanuary 25, 2013 at 10:45 PM

    Thanks, everyone!

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  11. pchickkiJanuary 26, 2013 at 2:55 AM

    These are great!
    Have a nice weekend
    Hugs

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  12. Carol KilgoreJanuary 26, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    Excellent quotes. And so true about the journey. That's really where all the fun and growth is.

    Happy Weekend!

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  13. Gigi AnnJanuary 26, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    That Ray Charles knew what he was talking about. I have always liked this quote by Barbara Bush, The former First Lady.

    "I'll do anything you want, but I won't dye my hair, change my wardrobe, or lose weight." It agree with her. ; )

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  14. BECKYJanuary 26, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    Hello...and thanks Pat, Carol, and Gigi Ann! I really like Ray's quote, too! :)

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  15. Pat WahlerJanuary 26, 2013 at 4:20 PM

    Those are some terrific quotes, Becky. I love thumbing through books filled with quotes and have too many favorites to choose only one.

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  16. Claire Hegarty BJanuary 27, 2013 at 5:44 AM

    Great quotes. I am a prolific quote collector and quite sharer, especially on Facebook. Before blogging and Facebooking, I used to write them in a journal. Enjoyed reading these.

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  17. Claire Hegarty BJanuary 27, 2013 at 5:48 AM

    I like 'he who fears what he may suffer, already suffers what he fears'.

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  18. sandyJanuary 27, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    Love these quotes! I'm a collector of quotes. Thanks for sharing some!

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  19. The Old ParsonageJanuary 28, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    Love these!

    "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

    Leann

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  20. TrishJanuary 28, 2013 at 10:17 AM

    Oh man . . . yes, yes, and yes. Those are all so true. The older I get the more I need to remind myself to just chill and enjoy the journey.

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  21. Julie FlandersJanuary 28, 2013 at 1:11 PM

    Oh, I am also a big quote lover so I was glad to read the intro to your post! Some of these are new to me, I love them all. I especially love the Fontaine quote, that's a new one to me.

    If I had to pick a favorite quote, I think it would be "It is never too late to be what you might have been" from George Eliot.

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  22. BECKYJanuary 28, 2013 at 11:09 PM

    Thanks again to everyone for the newest comments! Hello and welcome Claire!
    Hey Julie, that is also one of my mostest favoritestesss...!! I used to have it on my blog column, along with some others. I just may have to add that somewhere!

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  23. Lisa Ricard ClaroJanuary 29, 2013 at 1:25 PM

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

    Never read that one before, but I like it!

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  24. Margo DillJanuary 30, 2013 at 6:56 PM

    My favorite quote is kind of a serious one:

    First they came for the socialists,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

    Then they came for the trade unionists,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

    Then they came for the Jews,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

    Then they came for me,
    and there was no one left to speak for me.

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  25. BECKYFebruary 1, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    Hi Lisa! Thank you for stopping by!

    Hey Margo...."kind of serious"...?? WOW, that is a powerful quote! It gave me goosebumps! Thanks!

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  26. Terra February 18, 2013 at 3:42 PM

    I collect quotes too. The one by Ray Charles made me chuckle.

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