What's an idiom that advises against being results-oriented?

What's a common idiom that advises against being results-oriented? It should essentially mean "focus on the journey, not the destination". In a cliché fairy tale, this idiom could be the moral of the story.

This comic kind of describes the idiom I'm looking for.

Solution 1:

The classic Latin phrase for living for the present, not the future, is "carpe diem" or "seize the day."

A widespread English idiom (if a bit dated) for living in the present is "gather rosebuds" -- best known in Robert Herrick's line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".

The more recent version of that is a travel metaphor of the kind you seem to be lookin for: on your journey, don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

However, you may also want to consider the more direct: "life is a journey, not a destination." It is commonly mis-attributed as a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, who never wrote it although he shared similar sentiments. There is a great investigation of related quotations down through the years from Quote Investigator.

Solution 2:

One such proverb is "getting there is half the fun." People who believe this believe that the process is at least as important as the outcome.