Walking Proverbs

Sayings about Walking

Little by little one walks far. ~ Peruvian Proverb

Walk straight and you will not fall. ~ Yiddish Proverb

Restless feet may walk into a snake pit. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

Walk according to the length of your step. ~ Tibetan Proverb

The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate. ~ Chinese Proverb

Truth may walk through the world unarmed. ~ Bedouin Proverb

If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints. ~ Chinese Proverb

With a walking-stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words. ~ Finnish Proverb

You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge. ~ Bulgarian Proverb

You make a road by walking on it. ~ Nicaraguan Proverb

Eat according to the limits of your provisions; walk according to the length of your step. ~ Tibetan Proverb

One generation builds the street on which the next will walk. ~ Chinese Proverb

After lunch, rest; after dinner take a walk. ~ Arabian Proverb

When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk. ~ African Proverb

Walk with your slippers until you can find your shoes. ~ Sicilian Proverb

Don't look back when you are walking along the edge of a wall. ~ Chinese Proverb

He who walks alone shall surely arrive first.~ Arabian Proverb

Good looking and good luck don't always walk the same road. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.)

If a centipede loses a leg, it can still walk. ~ Myanmar Proverb

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~ Buddhist Proverb

Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins. ~ Native American Proverb

When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. ~ Ghanaian Proverb

We must learn to walk before we can run. ~ Traditional Proverb

Walk until the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow. ~ Spanish Proverb

If one is not in a hurry, even an egg will start walking. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

You can't look at the stars while you are walking if you have a stone in your shoe. ~ Chinese Proverb

The crab that walks miles too far will fall into the pot. ~ Haitian Proverb

One step at a time is good walking. ~ Chinese Proverb

In a wood don't walk behind another. ~ Spanish Proverb

Money talks -- everything else walks. ~ American Proverb

Whoever can walk on water is probably made of straw. ~ Iranian Proverb

Who cannot yet walk, cannot climb a ladder. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

Where the heart loves, there the legs walk. ~ Maltese Proverb

A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life. ~ Traditional Proverb

The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs

Do not walk in God's ways on someone else's behalf. ~ Bambara Proverb

Whoever has walked with truth generates life. ~ Sumerian Proverb

The careful foot can walk anywhere. ~ Chinese Proverb

We do not walk on our legs, but on our will. ~ German Proverb

If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing. ~ Zimbabwean Proverb

He who walks through a field of onions, will smell like an onion.~ Arabian Proverb

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~ Chinese Proverb

I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one. ~ Chinese Proverb

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp. ~ Latin Proverb

Falling teaches us to walk safely. ~ Dutch Proverb

From walking -- something; from sitting -- nothing. ~ Bulgarian Proverb

It is better to walk fast than to grow angry at the forest. ~ Senegalese Proverb

There are men who walk through the woods and see no trees. ~ Mongolian Proverb

Sit, walk, or run, but don't wobble. ~ Zen Proverb

When you have no companion, look to your walking stick. ~ Albanian Proverb

If you let everyone walk over you, you become a carpet. ~ Bulgarian Proverb

The night walks the same road as the dream. ~ Russian Proverb

Depend on your walking stick, not on other people. ~ Japanese Proverb

In the land of the cripple everyone thinks he walks straight. ~ German Proverb

Walk straight, my son -- as the old crab said to the young crab. ~ Irish Proverb

A lame crab walks straight. ~ Afghan Proverb

Money has no but it walk. ~ Japanese Proverb

Nobody walks with another man's gait. ~ Kenyan Proverb

Quotations about Walking

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast. ~ Thomas Jefferson

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. ~ Jesse Jackson

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy. ~ Dr. Howard Murphy

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. ~ Roger Miller

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.~ Albert Camus

I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. ~ Mary Gardiner Brainard

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.~ Meister Eckhart

All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it -- walk. ~ Ayn Rand

If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain. ~ Author Unknown

He who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~ Joan L. Brannon

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ~ John Muir

The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has. ~ Alan Ashley-Pitt

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season. ~ Sir Leslie Stephen

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading. ~ Emily Bronte

The walking of Man is falling forwards. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tell them that as soon as I can walk I'm going to fly! ~ Bessie Coleman

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. ~ Cyril Connolly

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.~ Tashunka Witko

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. ~ John Wanamaker

We walk alone in the world. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. ~ Albert Camus

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee

If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you do, don't wobble. ~ Author Unknown

I dressed and went for a walk--determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer. ~ Raymond Carver

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again. ~ Chinese Proverb

He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk. ~ Terry Pratchett

Walking is also an ambulation of mind. ~ Gretel Ehrlich

Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way. ~ Matthew Prior

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise. ~ Tommy Douglas

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. ~ Jean Cocteau

Walking is a man's best medicine. ~ Hippocrates

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive. ~ Donald Trump

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. ~ Traditional Proverb

If you are for a merry jaunt, I will try, for once, who can foot it farthest. ~ John Dryden

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession. ~ Henry Theodore Tuckerman

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. ~ Anne Sophie Swetchine

The shadows will always be behind those who walk toward the light.~ James F. Oates Jr.

He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. ~ Bible

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. ~ Phyllis Diller

Ask for the old paths, where the way is good, and walk in it. ~ Bible

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. ~ Gustav Stresemann

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears. ~ Lu Xun

Walking is man's best medicine. ~ Hippocrates of Iphicrates

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. ~ George Sand

Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat. ~ Napoleon Hill

Walk in the shoes of a giver and you will find the pathway to joyful living.~ Douglas M. Lawson

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.~ Michael Korda

Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.~ Philip James Bailey

To lead people walk behind them.~ Lao-Tzu

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave -- and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.~ Alice Childress

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. ~ Abraham Lincoln

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. ~ Richard Branson

Happiness walks on busy feet. ~ Kitte Turmell

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.~ Christian Nevell Bovee

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. ~ Bible

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. ~ Ben Hogan

We walk by faith, not by sight. ~ Bible

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. ~ Raymond Inmon

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. ~ John Ruskin

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. ~ Abraham Lincoln

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. ~ George P. Schultz

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light. ~ Earl Nightingale

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ~ Fred A. Allen

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. ~ Joseph Joubert

As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you. ~ Charles Stanley

If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk. ~ Author Unknown

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. ~ Alanis Morissette

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

How do you live a long life? "Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast." ~ Harry S. Truman

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. ~ Buddha

Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. ~ Karl Baker