Walking Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old walking quotes, walking sayings, and walking proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Do not ride if you can walk. Ghandiji
The body is like a machine requiring to be well-kept for full service. Mohandas Ghandiji
Visitors to New York will find that both exercise and excitement may be had at a minimum of expense through the simple practice of jaywalking. With only a little experience, they may actually compete on even terms with the native New Yorker. Sic Spaeth
We are the Pilgrims, master: we shall go / Always a little further: it may be / beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow / Across that angry or that glimmering sea. James Elroy Flecker
As a child grows from creeping to standing up and walking...it's as though all of the child's energies are bound into that huge task of getting up and walking. Fred Rogers
You can walk without going to someone. Nancy Hopkins Reily
I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now. Don't be angry with me if I'm not there in person, alive and well when you need me. Arthur Robert Ashe
Most of the people walking after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. Hans Christian Andersen
A lady and I were walking / Where waters flow; / A lady and I were talking / Softly and slow. Lesbia Harford
The feet of people walking home / With gayer sandals go— / The Crocus— til she rises / The Vassal of the snow— / The lips at Hallelujah / Long years of practice bore / Til bye and bye these Bargemen / Walked singing on the shore. Emily Dickinson
I love walking because it clears your mind, enriches the soul, takes away stress, and opens up your eyes to a whole new world. Claudette Dudley
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. Rumi
Walking brings me back to myself. Laurette Mortimer
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn
Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. Roger Miller
A line is a dot that went for a walk. Paul Klee
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Jean Cocteau
Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause. Bruce Feiler
The best way to get to know the place you are traveling in is to walk around... and the best way to walk around is with comfortable shoes! Grab your travel buddy and your running shoes and go explore! Laura Marano