Top 200 Path Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

52. “My thing is that I don’t give any person that much power over the path that I’m walking. Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.”

— Nipsey Hussle

53. “If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t, it is almost a cinch that you won’t.”

— Walter D. Wintle

54. “You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.”

— Rick Riordan

55. “Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.”

— David J. Schwartz

56. “Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.”

— Les Brown

57. “Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”

— Steve Maraboli

58. “You can start where you are with what you’ve got and go wherever it is you want to go.”

— Zig Ziglar

59. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”

— Oprah Winfrey

60. “Direction determines destination.”

— Jim Rohn

61. “Every man has a right to decide his own destiny.”

— Bob Marley

62. “Only as high as I reach can I grow Only as far as I seek can I go Only as deep as I look can I see Only as much as I dream can I be.”

— Karen Ravn

63. “If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”

— Frank A. Clark

64. “You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.”

— Rumi

65. “I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.”

— Nhat Hanh

66. “I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.”

— Rumi

67. “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.”

— Yogi Berra

68. “It’s you versus you.” Meaning, you’re the only thing standing in your own way.”

— Amber Tamblyn

69. “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

70. “You will know your path by the fun of it.”

— Esther Hicks

71. “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.”

— Rumi

72. “Faber est suae quisque fortunae. Each man is the architect of his own fate.”

— Appius Claudius Caecus

73. “Follow your dreams, transform your life.”

— Paulo Coelho

74. “Direction, not intention determines your destination.”

— Andy Stanley

75. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

76. “Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.”

— Zig Ziglar

77. “Your calling isn't something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. Nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”

— Oprah Winfrey

78. “Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

— Rumi

79. “You need to hear this loud and clear: No one is coming. It is up to you.”

— Mel Robbins

80. “What you do today can change all the tomorrows of your life.”

— Zig Ziglar

81. “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.”

— Sivananda

82. “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”

— Edward Abbey

83. “Your dream was given to you. If someone else can’t see it for you, that’s fine, it was given to you and not them. It’s your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!”

— Les Brown

84. “Follow your own star!”

— Dante Alighieri

85. “Without vision, you have no direction. Without direction, you have no purpose.”

— Steve Gilliland

86. “The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

87. “There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.”

— Oprah Winfrey

88. “Nothing happens until you decide. Make a decision and watch your life move forward.”

— Oprah Winfrey

89. “You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.”

— Oprah Winfrey

90. “Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams. The world needs that special gift that only you have.”

— Marie Forleo

91. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”

— Barry Finlay

92. “Ask yourself if what you’re doing today will get you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.”

— Anonymous

93. “Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.”

— C.G. Jung

94. “All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.”

— Kathrine Switzer

95. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

— Yogi Berra

96. “Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

— Pope John XXIII

97. “There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.”

— John C. Maxwell

98. “At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

99. “It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.”

— Tony Robbins

100. “It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.”

— Jim Rohn