The longest journey begins with a single step.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one’s physical powers and the character of the country; one is compelled to see it as its natives do. Then every man one meets is an individual. One is no longer regarded by the whole population as an unapproachable and uninteresting animal to be cheated and robbed.
—Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) English Occultist, Mystic, Magician
To walk because it is good for you warps the sould, just as it warps the soul for a man to talk for hire or because he think it his duty.
—Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) British Historian, Poet, Critic
I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes my rage, forgetting everything.
—Pablo Neruda (1904–73) Chilean Poet, Diplomat, Political leader
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
—John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American Naturalist
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-three today and we don’t know where the hell she is.
—Ellen DeGeneres (b.1958) American Comedian, Television Host
One step at a time is good walking.
—Chinese Proverb
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.
—Paul Dudley White (1886–1973) American Cardiologist
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Good walking leaves no track behind it.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can’t go at dawn and not many places he can’t go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking—one sport you shouldn’t have to reserve a time and a court for.
—Edward Hoagland (b.1932) American Essayist, Novelist
Thoughts come clearly while one walks.
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German Novelist, Short Story Writer, Social Critic, Philanthropist, Essayist
He who limps is still walking.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) Polish Aphorist, Poet
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy.—The best way to lengthen, out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.—The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking—hale fellows, close upon ninety, but brisk as boys.
—Charles Dickens (1812–70) English Novelist
To find new things, take the path you took yesterday.
—John Burroughs (1837–1921) American Naturalist, Writer
If you are for a merry jaunt I will try for once who can foot it farthest.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.
—English Proverb
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American Poet
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
Walking is man’s best medicine.
—Hippocrates (460–370 BCE) Ancient Greek Physician
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Essayist, Short Story Writer, Satirist
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
—Steven Wright (b.1955) American Comedian, Actor, Writer
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time the movement of the tongue by, and to keep the blood and the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to eye and soul and sense; but the supreme pleasure comes from the talk.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
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