quotations about walking
I'm not quite sure when walking became my primary mode of transportation. There was no epiphany -- there was nothing special to mark the day. It may have been the Nike FuelBand that I clamped to my wrist as a way of trying to take off a few pounds. A device to count the imprecise and apparently arbitrary units of "NikeFuel" that I burned in a day and provide me with the subsequent thrill of seeing the results graphed on my phone. (I have a new app that keeps track of actual distance, which is even more thrilling.) But now, maybe two years later and with no recollection of any conscious decision-making process, walking is how I get everywhere -- when I have the time.
STEPHEN QUINN
"How I discovered that everyday walking is no mere pedestrian activity", The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2016
The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.
ROBERT MACFARLANE
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
Walking is one of the most primal movement patterns. Because walking became essential to our survival as we evolved from our ape ancestors into our present upright form, our bodies have developed in such a way that walking is integral to our health. When we walk, we coordinate movement of our arms, legs, and torso. Hundreds of calorie-burning muscles come into play--not only the muscles you'd expect, such as legs and arm muscles, but also internal muscles such as the psoas.
FRANK LIPMAN & MOLLIE DOYLE
Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Start Living Again
Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.
GARY SNYDER
attributed, Earthwalks for Body and Spirit
When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.
JIM BUTCHER
Storm Front
On your deathbed, will you wish you'd spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?
LOUISE LAGUE
The Working Mom's Book of Hints, Tips, and Everyday Wisdom
I firmly believe that everyone deserves to live within walking distance of either beauty or convenience, if not both.
VICTORIA MORAN
Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
JOHN MUIR
John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir