--- title: "20 Strayed Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 20 Strayed quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Strayed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/tori-murden-71966_beaten_every-time-i-ve-strayed-from-the-beaten_2296991.png" --- > [Every time I've strayed from the beaten path I've never regretted it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/every-time-i-ve-strayed-from-the-beaten-path-i-ve-never-regretted-it/) [Tori Murden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-murden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/tori-murden-71966_beaten_every-time-i-ve-strayed-from-the-beaten_2296991.png) > [I've never strayed from who I am or where I came from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-combs/i-ve-never-strayed-from-who-i-am-or-where-i-came-from/) [Jessi Combs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-combs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/jessi-combs-25277_am_i-ve-never-strayed-from-who-i-am-or-wher_462633.jpg) > [No one can write like Cheryl Strayed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-hood/no-one-can-write-like-cheryl-strayed/) [Ann Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-hood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/ann-hood-10436_writing_no-one-can-write-like-cheryl-strayed-210_2108811.jpg) > [“some have already strayed after Satan.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/some-have-already-strayed-after-satan/) [John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/john-macarthur-1117_quote_some-have-already-strayed-after-satan-21_2199697.jpg) > [“He was the corner that her eyes always strayed toward”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/he-was-the-corner-that-her-eyes-always-strayed-toward/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/david-levithan-67_corner_he-was-the-corner-that-her-eyes-always-s_2632318.jpg) > [Send home my long strayed eyes to me, Which (Oh) too long have dwelt on thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-donne/send-home-my-long-strayed-eyes-to-me-which-oh-too-long-have-dwelt-on/) [John Donne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-donne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/john-donne-933_eye_send-home-my-long-strayed-eyes-to-me-whi_150281.png) > [“No matter how old you get, no matter how far you’ve strayed, a mother can always see right through you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyra-dune/no-matter-how-old-you-get-no-matter-how-far-you-ve-strayed-a-mother/) [Kyra Dune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyra-dune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/kyra-dune-32909_mother_no-matter-how-old-you-get-no-matter-how_1892986.jpg) > [But I've strayed so far from normal now, I'll never find my way back. And the truth is, I no longer want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyson-noel/but-i-ve-strayed-so-far-from-normal-now-i-ll-never-find-my-way-back/) [Alyson Noel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyson-noel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/alyson-noel-1434_longer_but-i-ve-strayed-so-far-from-normal-now_571333.png) > [“TRUST that if they strayed from your path – they DO NOT belong there. Not everybody can go where you’re going.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-hale/trust-that-if-they-strayed-from-your-path-they-do-not-belong-there/) [Mandy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-hale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/mandy-hale-2473_journey_trust-that-if-they-strayed-from-your-pat_2047216.jpg) > [She saw she had fallen into the hands of one of those doctors who have strayed too far from apparent in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/she-saw-she-had-fallen-into-the-hands-of-one-of-those-doctors-who/) [Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/rebecca-west-1248_doctor-who_she-saw-she-had-fallen-into-the-hands-of_1964047.jpg) > [It was really dreadful to be so different from other people…and yet rather wonderful, too, as if you were a being strayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-was-really-dreadful-to-be-so-different-from-other-people-and-yet/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/anonymous-1_different_it-was-really-dreadful-to-be-so-differen_1245866.jpg) > [“But man is a strayed animal, and when he falls victim to doubt, if he should happen to take no further pleasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-cioran/but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he-falls-victim-to-doubt-if-he/) [Emil Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/emil-cioran-523_tortures_but-man-is-a-strayed-animal-and-when-he_499839.jpg) > [We have strayed away from God, and He is in quest of us; Like us, He is humble and is a prisoner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/we-have-strayed-away-from-god-and-he-is-in-quest-of-us-like-us-he-is/) [Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/muhammad-iqbal-7379_adventure_we-have-strayed-away-from-god-and-he-is_227849.jpg) > [But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/but-whither-am-i-strayed-i-need-not-raise-trophies-to-thee-from-other/) [John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/john-denham-27658_brother_but-whither-am-i-strayed-i-need-not-rais_1759922.jpg) > [This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-akhmatova/this-cruel-age-has-deflected-me-like-a-river-from-this-course-strayed/) [Anna Akhmatova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-akhmatova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/anna-akhmatova-3933_age_this-cruel-age-has-deflected-me-like-a-r_2009450.jpg) > [“It seems I've strayed from my mission vision, which is used as the sea is now about to hoard even filled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pilo-poly/it-seems-i-ve-strayed-from-my-mission-vision-which-is-used-as-the-sea/) [Pilo Poly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pilo-poly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/pilo-poly-40473_dreams_it-seems-i-ve-strayed-from-my-mission-vi_172449.jpg) > [What shall we do my darling, when trial grows more, and more, when the dim, lone light expires, and it's dark, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-dickinson/what-shall-we-do-my-darling-when-trial-grows-more-and-more-when-the/) [Emily Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-dickinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/emily-dickinson-310_atheism_what-shall-we-do-my-darling-when-trial-g_2274644.jpg) > [ Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, \[Strayed\] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/penning-an-advice-column-for-the-literary-website-the-rumpus-strayed/) [Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/leigh-newman-15257_abusive_penning-an-advice-column-for-the-literar_645510.jpg) > [I had diverged, digressed, wandered, and become wild. I didn't embrace the word as my new name because it defined negative aspects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/i-had-diverged-digressed-wandered-and-become-wild-i-didn-t-embrace/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/cheryl-strayed-605_aspect_i-had-diverged-digressed-wandered-and-be_2997395.jpg) > [“Wonder how many others this applies to. I wonder if I'm too young to comprehend if it applies to me? ========== Wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/wonder-how-many-others-this-applies-to-i-wonder-if-i-m-too-young-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/anonymous-1_lost_wonder-how-many-others-this-applies-to-i_2611030.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strayed/#itemlist", "name": "Strayed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every time I've strayed from the beaten path I've never regretted it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tori Murden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/every-time-i-ve-strayed-from-the-beaten-path-i-ve-never-regretted-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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