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Vagabonding and Travel Quotes

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Dont take life too seriously…no one comes out alive – Elbert Hubbard

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving – Lao Tzu

He who knows that he has enough, will always have enough – Lao Tzu

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth. – Buddha

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

We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope – Edward Abbey

My greatest skill has been to want little – Henry David Thoreau

Always do what you are afraid to do – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – Helen Keller

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller

We will not cease from our exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. – T.S. Elliot

Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits. – Pico Iyer

Not all those who wander are lost – JRR Tolkien

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there – Unknown

A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles. – Tim Cahill

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty & well preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!’ – Hunter S. Thompson

Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. – Miriam Beard

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. – Eleanor Roosevelt

All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not. – Rudyard Kipling

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going. – Paul Theroux

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

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. – Aldous Huxley

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. – Rudyard Kipling

And forget not that the Earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. – Kahlil Gibran

Quotes to remember

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

“A good fanfic writer is good because he wants to be. A good original story writer is good because he has to be.” – Naa Dei Nikoi

“Sometimes I feel there is a hole inside of me, an emptiness that at times seems to burn. I think if you lifted my heart to your ear, you could probably hear the ocean…” – Unknown

“I think that’s what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?” – Carrie Fisher

“I am not fat, I am a perfect representation of the Mother Goddess figure created by the original version of mankind. They had it right, no woman should resemble a toothpick or a stick with arms and hair. Long live the Neanderthals and their sense of beauty!” – Heather Companion

“The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug.” – Mark Twain

“If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn’t rub out even HALF the ‘F*** you’ signs in the world.” –JD Salinger

“I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass.” –Margaret Cho

“It’s just a big damn onion! (uh, in the layery sense, not the stinky, smelly, make your eyes burn -well, maybe that part- sense). And you’re just too good at pulling pieces back without ripping them off!” – Becca

“ASH said that Giles smells like mothballs. What does Spike smell like?”
“Sex.” – James Marsters in response to fan query

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Your stories just pull you in, shake you up, and leave you wanting more.” – Unknown

“Remember, always be yourself. Unless you suck.” – Joss Whedon

“If they all sat around buffing their nails, it’d be one boring show.” – Devil Doll

“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

“How did we get Dave Grohl to play the devil? It was easy. We just took off his Dave Grohl mask, and there was Satan.” – Unknown

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.” – JRR Tolkien

“Anyone can speak Troll,” said Fred dismissively. “All you have to do is point and grunt.” – JK Rowling