It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

The line contrasts teleology (having a goal) with lived experience (the process of getting there). It affirms that aims and destinations can give direction, but the real substance of a life—or of any undertaking—lies in the day-to-day choices, relationships, learning, and transformations that occur along the way. Read this way, the quote cautions against postponing meaning until some future achievement and instead values attention, growth, and ethical conduct in the present. It also implies that outcomes are often contingent, while the journey is where agency and character are formed, making the “end” less decisive than how one travels toward it.