Bumps In The Road Quotes:

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Block, Rocks, Use, Stumbling Blocks, Wise Man Once Said

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees.

- Katie Couric

topic: Fearless, Risk, Guarantees, Uncharted, Road Less Traveled

Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

- Kara Goucher

source: FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Jan 23, 2013

topic: Running, Choices, Progress, Straight Lines, Looking Ahead

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging, Inspirational Adversity, Bends In The Road

Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you'll get wherever it is you're going a lot faster and with less bumps in the way.

- J.A. Redmerski

topic: Memories, Live In The Moment, Way, Bad Memories, Take Your Time

Is there an answer to the question of why bad things happen to good people?...The response would be…to forgive the world for not being perfect, to forgive God for not making a better world, to reach out to the people around us, and to go on living despite it all…no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it has happened.

- Harold S. Kushner

source: Maya Banks (2012). “Echoes at Dawn”, p.207, Penguin

topic: Perfect, People, Forgiving, Why Things Happen, When Bad Things Happen

Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.

- Adrian Lyne

topic: Iron, Interesting, Intuition, Interesting Stuff, Bumps In The Road

Live your life to the fullest.

- Shakira

source: "I Know What I Stand For". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. November 29, 2009.

topic: Life, Birthday, Beauty, Live Life To Its Fullest, Soul Beauty

Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It's not fair but then much of life isn't fair. It's how you live that matters. It's how you deal with the bumps in the road.

- Maya Banks

topic: Hard Times, People, Bumps, Bad Things Happen, Bumps In The Road

It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.

- Joel Osteen

topic: Strong, Disappointment, Past, Pressing On, Easy To Get

Anyone who has been in business can tell war stories about the bumps in the road. But if they've outlasted the competition, ask for their stories about survival. They've figured out how to turn disappointments into opportunities.

- Harvey Mackay

topic: Disappointment, Business, War, War Stories, Bumps In The Road

If everything was super easy and I didn't have to face the odd bump in the road or difficult time then I guess my 'resilience muscles' wouldn't be in such good shape.

- Jan Hellriegel

topic: Resilience, Bumps, Shapes, Bumps In The Road

I love life, and I have a lot of gratitude. There have been a lot of bumps in the road, but my sense of humor gets me through a lot.

- Shelley Morrison

topic: Gratitude, Love Life, Bumps, I Love Life, Bumps In The Road

Just that dwelling and planning is bullshit, you dwell on the past, you can’t move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you stay stagnant in the same place all your life. Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you’ll get wherever it is you’re going a lot faster and with less bumps in the road along the way.

- J.A. Redmerski

source: J. A. Redmerski, J. Lynn, Jay Crownover (2013). “The Edge of Never, Wait For You, Rule: Scorching Summer Reads 3 Books in 1”, p.73, HarperCollins UK

topic: Memories, Moving, Past, Dwell On The Past, Bad Memories

Like skiing with bent knees makes the moguls fun, you need to take risks, get out of your comfort zone, have a positive attitude, and enjoy the bumps in the road. I like to say that if things aren’t to your liking, change your liking.

- Rick Steves

topic: Fun, Attitude, Risk, Moguls, Bumps In The Road

If your short-term goals are too high, you may give up too soon. If your long-term goals are too low, they may not give you enough enthusiasm to drive you over the bumps in the road along the way.

- Darren LaCroix

topic: Giving Up, Long, Goal, Long Term Goals, Bumps In The Road

I got into acting in high school mainly because I wasn't doing anything else and started to hit a few bumps in the road. And there was a conference with my parents who said either you find something to do with your time or we will. And so, I don't know why I thought this was the thing to do, but I went to audition for the school play.

- Matt Letscher

topic: School, Play, Parent, Bumps In The Road

If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them.

- Michael Gove

source: "EU referendum: Michael Gove on BBC's Question Time EU Special - as it happened" by Andrew Sparrow, Claire Phipps, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2016.

topic: Bumps, Unions, Deals, Bumps In The Road

You can't get anywhere without incredible passion, because if you're an entrepreneur, there's gonna be a lot of bumps in the road. A great artist has to do their art. There's nothing that can stop them from doing it. They just have to get it out there. It's the same thing for an entrepreneur. If you don't feel that way, then you're probably not really an entrepreneur.

- Trip Hawkins

source: "The 'I Am' Q&A". www.cnbc.com.

topic: Art, Passion, Entrepreneur, Bumps In The Road

Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say.

- Gabrielle Zevin

topic: Daddy, Tragedy, Bumps, Bumps In The Road

I want to get out in the community and make sure everyone knows I'm not some renegade driver that's out there and irresponsible and reckless. I really think this is just a one-time thing. You live and learn. If you do the crime, you do the time, so to speak. With that said, I got a lot going for me. I got a great job, a great career, a great family. This is just a little bump in the road. My spirit's not broke. I'm not down and out by any means.

- Jayson Werth

topic: Jobs, Mean, Thinking, Renegades, Bumps In The Road

Like any family, like any group - the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EPMD, Public Enemy - they've had bumps in the road. I just think that because A Tribe Called Quest is so precious to fans, they were concerned about unveiling some of those things.

- Michael Rapaport

topic: Thinking, Enemy, Unveiling, Public Enemies, Tribe Called Quest

Being this side of 40 feels like what I should have felt being this side of 25: in my body, in my heart, happy with my life, and OK with whatever bumps in the road present themselves.

- Jennifer Aniston

source: "Glamour Interview: Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys Talk!". Interview with Kaitlin Menza, www.glamour.com. August 29, 2011.

topic: Heart, Should Have, Bumps, Happy With My Life, Bumps In The Road

Women's golf definitely hit a bump in the road. We lost some tournaments due to a combination of things led by the downturn in the economy.

- Hollis Stacy

topic: Golf, Bumps, Economy, Downturn, Bumps In The Road