Maps Quotes

• I wisely started with a map.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.177, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Art is the act of navigating without a map.

  Seth Godin

  Art, Art Is

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.162, Penguin

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• There must be limits, somewhere, to the human footprint on this earth. When the whole of the world is reduced to nothing but human product, we will have lost the map that can show us how we got here, and can offer our spirits an answer when we ask why. Surely we are capable of declaring sacred some quarters that we dare not enter or possess.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Environmental, Earth, Sacred

  Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “Small Wonder”, p.87, Faber & Faber

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• You can't use an old map to explore a new world.

  Albert Einstein

  Use, World, New World

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• Maps are a way of organizing wonder.

  Peter Steinhart

  Way, Soil, Wonder

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• A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected.

  Reif Larsen

  Bridges, Ideas, Here And There

  Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.151, Penguin

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• A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

  Beryl Markham

  Hands, Doubt, Earth

  Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.272, Open Road Media

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• Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.

  Mark Jenkins

  Journey, Drawing, House

  Mark Jenkins (2003). “The Hard Way: Stories of Danger, Survival, and the Soul of Adventure”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• That is the charm of the map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible.

  Rosita Forbes

  Horizon, Sides, Charm

  Rosita Forbes (1935). “From Red Sea to Blue Nile: a thousand miles of Ethiopia”

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• I've always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you've been, where you are, and where you're going -- in a sense it's three tenses in one.

  Peter Greenaway

  Three, Cartography, Where You Are

  Peter Greenaway, Vernon W. Gras (2000). “Peter Greenaway: Interviews”, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• There are those who follow maps, and those who make them.

  Alberto Villoldo

  FaceBook post by Alberto Villoldo from Dec 17, 2014

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• There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

  Gordon Livingston

  Intuition, Important, Chance

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• Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.

  Seth Godin

  People, Brave, Needs

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.11, Penguin

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• The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.

  Barack Obama

  Our World, Bridges, People

  "Obama asks geography bee question" by Byron Tau, www.politico.com. May 24, 2012.

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• As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs.

  Plutarch

  Lying, Desert, World

  Parallel Lives "Aemilius Paulus" sec. 5

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• Map out your future, but do it in pencil.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Educational, Inspiration, Future

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• If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.

  Watts Humphrey

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

  Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• I just know when I quit looking to other people for directions, I found my own map.

  George Ella Lyon

  People, Quitting, Found

  George Ella Lyon (2012). “Holding On to Zoe”, p.9, Macmillan

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• That is the charm of a map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible. It has the magic of anticipation without the toil and sweat of realization. The greatest romance ever written pales before the possibilities of adventure that lie in the faint blue trails from sea to sea. The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore. Achievement is the price which the wanderer pays for the right to venture.

  Rosita Forbes

  Lying, Adventure, Journey

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• I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Believe, People, Care

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2013). “Treasure Island (Illustrated)”, p.196, Top Five Books LLC

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• Don’t follow someone else’s map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Teaching, Progress

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• An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made.

  Susanna Clarke

  Reading, Home, Men

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.507, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map.

  Ken Jennings

  Children, Florida, Apples

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Courage, Travel

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• There’s just something hypnotic about maps.

  Ken Jennings

  Hypnotic

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