“A bend in the road is not the end of the road..,unless you fail to make the turn” is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying originated on a popular poster produced by Successories in 1996.
 
American journalist, author and a television host Joan Lunden wrote the book Joan Lunden’s A Bend in the Road Is Not the End of the Road: 10 Positive Principles for Dealing with Change (1998), but did not originate the saying.
 
“‘Change: A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.’— Helen Keller #quote” was posted on Twitter on September 1, 2009, but American author, political activist and lecturer Helen Keller (1880-1968) never said it.
     
   
OCLC WorldCat record
The end of the road is but a bend in the road
Author: Helen Steiner Rice; Marsha K Howe
Publisher: [United States] : Gibson, [1970]
Series: Inspirational keepsakes.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats
Subjects
American poetry—20th century.
 
25 March 1996, Daily Citizen (Beaver Dam, WI), Monday Mini sec., pg. 14, col. 2 ad:
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.
(Career Path Staffing Services.—ed.)
 
9 May 1996, Bangor (ME) Daily News, “Olsten Kimberly QualityCare acquisition welcomed by staff, clients,” pg. 1:
(Illustration.—ed.)
Caption: (left) Olsten Kimberly QualityCare’s Branch Director, Maggie Michaud-Cain, RN, pauses briefly with Director of Clinical Management, Diane Niles, RN before a print that Michaud-Cain recently presented to her staff. The print bears the verse: “Change: a bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.”
     
9 July 1996, Wall Street Journal (New York, NY), “A Special News Report About Life On the Job—and Trends Taking Shape There” by Carl Quintanilla, pg. A1:
POSTER MADNESS: This year’s best-selling motivational poster features a car on a highway with the caption, “A bend in the road isn’t the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.” Change and family values are this year’s big buzzwords, says Mac Anderson, chairman of Celex Group Inc., which owns Successories, a maker of motivational gifts.
 
12 August 1996, Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), “Riders falling to pieces” by Ed Tait, pg. C3:
As it is often said, a bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.
     
22 September 1996, New York (NY) Times, Magazine, pg. 19, col. 1:
Among the more popular slogans: “A Bend in the Road Is Not the End of the Road…Unless You Fail to Make the Turn.”
(From the Chicago-based company Successories Inc.—ed.)
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Joan Lunden’s a bend in the road is not the end of the road : 10 positive principles for dealing with change
Author: Joan Lunden; Andrea Cagan
Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : 1st ed
Summary:
Joan Lunden offers advice on how to deal with change in a positive manner, based in part on her own experience of being replaced as host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” after twenty years.
         
Google Books
The Wireless Web:
How to Develop and Execute a Winning Wireless Strategy
By Bryan P. Bergeron
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
2001  
Pg. 195:
A bend in the road isn’t the end of the road — as long as you remember to take the turn.
Joan Lunden
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Google Books
Sports Management and Administration
By David C. Watt
New York, NY: Routledge
2003
Pg. 113:
A bend in the road, is not the end of the road - unless you fail to make the turn.
Anon
 
Twitter
Arun Charles
@livetorque
“Change: A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn. “
— Helen Keller #quote
8:23 AM - 1 Sep 2009
   
Google Books
The Morning Butterfly:
One Person’s Journey to Healing and Transformation
By Suzy Domenick
BlogIntoBook.com
2018
Pg. ?:
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.”
Helen Keller
 
Twitter
Ian DiNovo CPA, CGA
@iandinovo
Don’t give up. “A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.” Helen Keller #NimbleQuotes
12:35 AM - 6 Jun 2018
 
Twitter
QuoteBot
@qu0te_b0t
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.”
- Anon
#Quote
7:00 AM - 6 Jun 2018