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Path Quotes

On choosing a path and sticking with it.

This path quotes collection includes the pull between a conventional career and a riskier calling, plus quieter reflections on walking and thinking. See our Down quotes for related themes.

In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly from the facts, and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy.

Quotes by Andrew Coyle Bradley

Donald Trump is a lost soul wandering this Earth. He's been led down the Willy Loman path and believes his own hype. He's serving his little self and his little ego; otherwise, why would he need to overcompensate so much?

Quotes by Andrew Garfield

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Quotes by Andre Gide

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

Quotes by Anderson Cooper

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

Quotes by Anatole France

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and usually once I've gotten to the next scene, I'll discover what was missing from the bad...

Quotes by Anders Holm

India's states must compete, not march in lockstep, if India is to develop its own path to sustainable prosperity.

Quotes by Anand Mahindra

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

Quotes by Amy Sherald

There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path.

Quotes by Amy Tan

If I hadn't gone towards boxing, I might have been one of those kids getting into trouble. A lot of my friends did. They were clever kids at school, but they just went down the wrong path.

Quotes by Amir Khan

I have a theory that when you're lost on the path, go back to the beginning and try the maze again.

Quotes by Amanda Seales

I went down the creative path in my teen years, and when I was in high school, in my junior year, I would perform at this program that was very similar to 'School of Rock.' That was when I started...

Quotes by Amber Mark

For all the challenges I've faced in my path to self-acceptance, I've also traveled it with my own set of luck and privilege.

Quotes by Alyson Stoner

'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that...

Quotes by Alton Brown

By taking the lives of our young, and wounding the wombs and lives of their mothers, we are flying in the face of God. We cannot play God. If we continue down this path of destruction, we will be met...

Quotes by Alveda King

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

Quotes by Alison Goldfrapp

Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.

Quotes by Alison Jackson

I'd quit ballet school, which I thought was going to be my path, but my gut instinct told me to do something different.

Quotes by Alicia Vikander

In Luke, shepherds go to find Jesus. In Matthew, an unspecified number of wise men, sometimes portrayed as kings, arrive. Nativity plays usually throw all the elements together, with kings and shepherds beating a path to the stable.

Quotes by Alice Roberts

Always attempting to tame and subjugate nature is not the solution. But the latest science is helping us to map out a path across this shifting landscape in uncertain times, showing us how to work with natural forces, not against...

Quotes by Alice Roberts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about choosing an unconventional path?
Yes - one quote describes wrestling with the decision to start Teach For America, mentioning a voice telling them "to take a more normal path" instead. It's a nice reminder that meaningful choices often come with self-doubt.
Is there a quote about clean energy or the future?
Yes - one quote argues, "You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you're not on the path to a clean energy future."
Is there a quote about walking a path and reflecting inward?
Yes, one quote describes "walking down a garden path" while looking at trees and starting to "look at them through your inner eye" - a peaceful image of reflection. For more introspective lines, see our Me collection.
Is there a quote connecting path to creativity or jazz?
Yes, one quote uses "path" as part of a bigger idea about the creative process, describing how it "intersects every vein and tributary, avenue, path, that everyone's living."
Where can I find more quotes about life direction and choices?
For more on charting your own way through life, browse our Life collection, or explore Down and Never for related themes.

Other lines connect path to bigger ideas like clean energy and creative process, themes also found in our Life and Me quotes.