Detour Quotes

“The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.”
― Sir James Jeans

“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.”
― Gregory Benford, Shipstar

“Never view obstacles in your path as the enemy. Rather, view any obstacles as detour signs to avoid pitfalls.”
― Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness

“Dead-end roads don't mean you've come to your end, just means you need to take a different detour.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Life is a journey with almost limitless detours.”
― Ken Poirot

“Failure is a detour”
― NightBits

“I recall a story I love about Jung. One of his students came to him and asked: "Professor, could you please tell me the shortest distance to my life goal?" Without hesitation Jung replied, "The detour.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

“A happy person can always enjoy the scenery when life takes them on
a detour.”
― Positively Sherry

“It was kind of like what I imagined it would be like to drink a forest fire.”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“Perhaps the old man had chosen to look up through—or at least around—his problems while still smiling, knowing that a detour didn’t have to alter the destination, it merely changed the path.”
― Kathy Harris, The Road to Mercy

“Budget for better business operations to avoid basement-bargaining another's skill and brilliance...that's a dead end detour toward business excellence.”
― Tracey Bond

“Time off, like a detour, revives the journey.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Rep By Rep

“It may have been that the detour was easier to walk and more permissive in the walking.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A detour that holds itself out as the road from which it deviated is a path to regret.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough