Journey or Destination?

"'Tis not the destination you arrive at, but the journey you take to get there."

The journey determines the destination. But why would you be pursuing a destination if the journey were all that mattered? Do you need a destination to have a journey? I believe you do. Physically you may. Unless you kept walking. But, like in religion, the journey towards heaven doesn't compare with the perfection that is heaven. But that's sort of hypothetical. But at the moment all one has is the journey I suppose. So it's a quote for someone who hasn't finished the journey yet. But what if it wasn't? Well, it depends on the journey. True. If one were to walk to the store to get that great ice cream, but they were to meet a lot of people on the way and have fun, then the journey was more important. Or hiking up Flattop or whatever. But, say, biking Resurrection Pass Trail was miserable, and the destination was the part I wanted. The journey made me better; I got in better shape, and I got more experience mountain biking, but I definitely didn't enjoy the journey. So the experience of the destination is subjective, because that could be the real reward for someone. Is the quote meant to be taken literally? I.e. the journey is nicer or better than the destination; more enjoyable? Or is it meant to mean that, while the destination is the desirable part, the journey makes you better? What is the journey even? I guess it's an oxymoron wrapped in an enigma.