A Walk on New Year's Day

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

"Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of day. Far over wood and mountain tall."  ~ J R R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

"There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo."  ~ Paul Scott Mowrer

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

"We shall not cease from exploration and in the end of all our exploring will be to arrive at where we started and know the place for the first time."  ~ T S Eliot

"The place where you lose a trail is not necessarily the place where it ends."  ~  Tom Brown, Jr.

"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast, you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."  ~  Eddie Cantor

"The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is the walk steadily and with a purpose."  ~  Charles Dickens

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end."  ~  Ursula K LeGuin

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

"It is good to collect things; it is better to take walks."  ~  Anatole France

"It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven."  ~  Matthew Henry

"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards."  ~  Abraham Lincoln

"Singing the same song at a different tone, in thoughts, destined to die, unknown. Born unto a world not of our own, we walked together, walking alone."  ~  Michael R Anderson

"Don't think you're on the right road just because it's a well-beaten path."  ~  Unknown

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."  ~  Steven Wright

"Of all exercises walking is the best."  ~  Thomas Jefferson