9 Motivational Quotes for the Relocation Journey

When you are moving, everyone knows it. They see the For Sale sign. They see the bags of donations on your doorstep as you attempt to clear out before the movers come to pack. They see your anxious expression as you try to juggle many projects all at once.

Since what you are going through is so obvious, everyone seems to want to offer advice (even if you would probably prefer they drop off a healthy meal or offer to watch the kids while you make calls to switch utilities). Unfortunately, this unsolicited advice doesn’t always contain the kind of positivity you need right now.

Following are some of my go-to quotes while navigating an unsettling time like relocation. They help set my internal GPS to destinations that keep my mind focused on the many gifts of change. I hope they keep you on a positive path, too.

1. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” 

~ Dan Millman

2. “Focus on where you want to go,
 not on what you fear.”

 ~ Anthony Robbins

3. “Do not follow where the path may lead. 
Go instead where there is no path 
and leave a trail.” 

~ Muriel Strode

4. “Done is better than perfect.” 

~ Sheryl Sandberg

5. “Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.” 

~ David O. McKay

6. “Still round the corner there may wait, 

a new road or a secret gate.”

~ J.R.R. Tolkien

7. “No journey carries on far unless, as it extends to the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within us."

~ Lillian Smith


8. “Travel many roads. Turn around. Make a wrong turn. Get lost. It’s all part of being found.”

~ Maripat Abbott

9. “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” 

~ Maripat Abbott