“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.”

— Ralph Smart

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Charles de Lint (1951) author

"Romano Drom" in Dreams Underfoot : The Newford Collection (2003), p. 118

“That roads are for journeys, ma'am, not destinations”

Margaret Landon (1903–1993) writer, missionary

“The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads — in the end — to the best within us.”

Jesse Owens (1913–1980) American track and field athlete

As quoted in People In America : "Jesse Owens" by Barbara Dash http://web.archive.org/web/20071219045105/http://voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2002-06/a-2002-06-07-2-1.cfm on VOA (7 June 2002)

“roads were made for journeys not destinations”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”

Anna Quindlen (1952) journalist, Novelist

Source: How Reading Changed My Life

“For a woman the objective is often a committed relationship also known as the destination. For a men roadtrip on the way to the destination is often the more fun.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

“If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.”

Dallin H. Oaks (1932) Apostle of the LDs Church

Be Not Deceived https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/10/be-not-deceived, Dallin H. Oaks, October 2004

“Simultaneous discovery is utterly commonplace, and it was only the rarity of scientists, not the inherent improbability of the phenomenon, that made it remarkable in the past. Scientists on the same road may be expected to arrive at the same destination, often not far apart.”

Peter Medawar (1915–1987) scientist

Peter Medawar, "The Act of Creation" (New Statesman, 19 June 1964)
1960s

“Though the destinations differ, the roads leading there would look the same, if road infrastructures are standardized. Senator Chiz Escudero's Senate Bill 2886 seeks to regulate and standardize all road infrastructures, including street signs and sidewalks, from the poorest barangays to the richest enclaves. The bill will not only improve aesthetics in all areas, it will also promote road safety in a country known as having one of the worst road conditions in the world.”

Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician

Escudero, F. [Francis]. (2015, August 16). Retrieved from Official Facebook Page of Francis Escudero https://www.facebook.com/senchizescudero/posts/10153505589600610/
2015, Facebook

“We can change our future, but we cannot escape our destiny. That is why life is a journey, not a destination. All roads lead to Rome, but our actions and inaction determine the meaning of our life regardless of the outcome.”

Newton Lee American computer scientist

LinkedIn (January 2021)

“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.”

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