Life Path Quotes

• Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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  With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Positive, Regret

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 29, 2015

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• Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Life, Latin

  Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

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• A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Fate, Journey, Destiny

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.

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

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Road Not Taken" l. 16 (1916)

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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• 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

  Inspirational, Running, Travel

  "Pathway to Purpose: Women Answer God's Call to Leadership: A Workbook". Book by Kathrine Giske, 1999.

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• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.

  Wendell Berry

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Wendell Berry (2011). “Standing by Words”, p.97, Counterpoint Press

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• Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Being Yourself, Inspire, Individuality

  "Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction". Book by Janeane Garofalo and Ben Stiller, April 27, 1999.

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• For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

  James Patterson

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  James Patterson (2004). “Sam's letters to Jennifer”

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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• Do not follow where the path may lead.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Graduation, Travel, Adventure

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• You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift...You get to choose

  Wayne Dyer

  Sorry, Positive Thinking, Inner Strength

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• Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.151, Penguin

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• No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.

  Julia Cameron

  Dream, Art, Selfish

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.10, Souvenir Press

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• Illness is often a sign that you need to make an adjustment in your life path.

  Christiane Northrup

  Healing, Health, Needs

  Christiane Northrup, M.D. (2017). “A Daily Dose of Women's Wisdom”, p.35, Hay House, Inc

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• Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong… Don’t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the public’s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Nice, Acceptance, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a supreme creator, with god, with the divine; and this is true no matter how unlikely, how strange, how unorthodox, one's particular life path might appear to one's self or others at any given moment.

  Genesis P-Orridge

  Spiritual, Being Yourself, Art

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• Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll be adults--cured, tagged and labeled and paired and identified and placed neatly on our life path, perfectly round marbles set to roll down even, well-defined slopes.

  Lauren Oliver

  Growing Up, Path, Adults

  Lauren Oliver (2014). “Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem”, p.48, Harper Collins

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• I think we live in a unique time - the verbs that make up our online and mobile lives haven't been completely invented or imagined for us. That was kind of a life path I was on.

  Mark Pincus

  Thinking, Unique, Verbs

  "Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on the future of the company: part one" by Keith Stuart, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2012.

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• What lies at the end of the life path? The answer is simple: Nothing lies over there! That's why mankind must change the end of the road!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Change, Lying

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• A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way, and aligns us with a life path that is, ultimately, of benefit to ourselves and those around us.

  Deena Metzger

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

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