Source: Hainish Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 15 “To the Ice” (p. 220)
“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin, in Chapter 15 "To the Ice"
See also https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hemingways-stolen-quotati_b_6868994.
Misattributed
Variant: It is good to have an end to a journey, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
“Journeys end in lovers meeting.”
William Shakespeare Twelfth Night
Variant: Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man's son doth know.
Source: Twelfth Night
“A journey once begun, has no end”
Kiran Desai book The Inheritance of Loss
Source: The Inheritance of Loss
“To love yourself is a never-ending journey.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“The longest journey ends where apathy begins.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.”
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Lini
(15 October 1994)
