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

“What may at first appear as an obstacle, detour or meander in life, can in truth, often be the most direct, ground breaking, enriching, fruitful and enlightened... or clear path moving forward!”
― AshRawArt

“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