every road has its end

Syllable breakdown

Dictionary meaning

even the longest, most difficult, or most winding journey eventually reaches a conclusion, providing reassurance to those in the midst of a challenging or prolonged undertaking; the saying draws on the finite nature of all physical roads as a metaphor for the finite nature of all difficult experiences, however interminable they may feel from within; it offers comfort to people facing extended hardship, arduous processes, or grinding difficulty by reminding them that duration is not infinity and that the current experience, however overwhelming, will eventually be in the past; the phrase belongs to the tradition of proverbial wisdom about endurance and the temporality of adversity found across many world cultures in slightly different formulations