Whoever said that taking the road less traveled is an easy task was definitely mistaken. We all have moments in our lives where we feel lost and uncertain of what steps to take next. It’s times like these when we should remember the importance of staying true to ourselves and following our hearts no matter what everyone else thinks. Life is too short to not do what makes us happy!
These inspiring quotes about following your own path will remind you of the importance of staying the course, even when it’s difficult. So pack your bags and set off on your next adventure, knowing that you can always find your way by keeping your heart open and following your dreams.
If you’re feeling brave enough, scroll down and read on!
Quotes About Following Your Own Path
Every time you fall down or take the wrong path, it isn’t wasted. You will surely develop and grow over time.
Natsuki Takaya
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
John Locke
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.
Joseph Campbell
You are responsible for the world that you live in. It is not the government’s responsibility. It is not your school’s or your social club’s or your church’s or your neighbor’s or your fellow citizen’s. It is yours, utterly and singularly yours.
August Wilson
If you haven’t got it, you can’t show it. If you have got it, you can’t hide it.
Zora Neale Hurston
Don’t follow the path. Blaze the trail.
Jordan Belfort
The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a [student] of the pleasure and benefit of discovery.
Seymour Papert
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
Evelyn Underhill
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
Theodore Roethke
Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
Walt Disney
An artist is a person who has invented an artist.
Harold Rosenberg
Does the walker choose the path or the path the walker?
Garth Nix
When the path reveals itself, follow it.
Cheryl Strayed
The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
Ryan Holiday
If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
Joseph Campbell
Today’s ‘best practices’ lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried.
Peter Thiel
If you’re not excited about it, it’s not the right path.
Abraham Hicks
Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.
(Professor X)
Always follow the path of truth.
Chris Butler
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Tony Robbins
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David Thoreau
Don’t compare your path with anybody else’s. Your path is unique to you.
Ram Dass
Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou
Choosing a path means having to miss out on others.
Paulo Coelho
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.
Masaru Emoto
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-tzu
Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.
Alice Walker
When you’re feeling lost, take heart. It’s just your brain gathering the information it needs to make good decisions.
Josh Kaufman
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
Michel de Montaigne
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
Christian Nestell Bovee
Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.
M.H. McKee
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.
Anne Wilson Schaef
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Søren Kierkegaard
The most decisive actions of our life… are most often unconsidered actions.
André Gide
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
John A. Shedd
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou
Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.
Seth Godin
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Buddha
Unless you dream, you’re not going to achieve anything.
Richard Branson
You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to.
Chris Guillebeau
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.
Joseph Campbell
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.
Nora Roberts
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Marie Curie
On this path let the heart be your guide.
Rumi
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
Steve Jobs
Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.
Horace
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
John Muir
Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
Tim Ferriss
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.
Rumi
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
Francois Mauriac
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.
Oscar Wilde
Although the road is never-ending take a step and keep walking, do not look fearfully into the distance…On this path let the heart be your guide for the body is hesitant and full of fear.
Rumi
If the path is beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
Anatole France
It is not too late to take another path.
David Suzuki
Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.
Rumi
Chances are, if you are following the crowd, you’re following the wrong path.
Bob Proctor
Sometimes God will place a wall on your path to force you to go in another direction.
Suzy Kassem
There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.
Gavriel Kay
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Oscar Wilde
Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
Bill Walsh
But remember, nothing comes without a price. Our paths are not mapped; they’re made.
Priya Ardis
If you are seeking the right path, you are already on the right path.
Yehuda Berg
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Carl Jung
Often what may appear as a detour in life is actually the most direct and empowering path to your destination.
James Arthur Ray
A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one’s own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.
Chin-Ning Chu
Sometimes the most evolved souls take the most challenging paths.
Brian Weiss
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day or to celebrate each special day.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
The only things I regret, and the only things I’ll ever regret are things I didn’t do. In the end, that’s what we mourn. The paths we didn’t take. The people we didn’t touch.
Scott Spencer
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.
Khalil Gibran
Parting Words
As wanderers, we all have our own paths to follow. And while it can be difficult to stay the course when things get tough, it’s these challenges that make the journey so worth it.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this collection of quotes about following your own path – each one is a reminder that there’s no right or wrong way to find your way in life, as long as you’re true to yourself.
What’s your favorite quote about following your own path? Share it with us in the comments below and let us know why it resonates with you.
P.S. You might also enjoy these related quote collections:
- Quotes About The Road Less Traveled
- Quotes About Conformity
- Quotes About Life Direction
- Quotes About Nonconformity
- Quotes About Individuality
Originally Published: November 22, 2022
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