Road Less Travelled Quotes Quotes

Stress-free moments certainly exist, but that is the extent of it. People, who have bought into the idea of a stress-free life, believe they should be happy and positive all the time. They have been sold a damaging falsehood. As the first sentence in M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Travelled famously said: “Life is difficult.” Learning to deal effectively with life’s difficulties, learning to manage the inevitable stress of life is attainable, while eliminating stress is not.

Gudjon Bergmann

Ordinary people pursue money, simple people pursue power, average people pursue fame, but extraordinary people pursue ideas.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The lonely road to greatness is better than the crowded road to mediocrity.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.

Matshona Dhliwayo

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn’t mean you have to join the circus.

Matshona Dhliwayo

In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

Matshona Dhliwayo

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.

Matshona Dhliwayo