wayside

She beheld the minister advancing along the path, entirely alone, and leaning on a staff which he had cut by the wayside.

To instance only one point: till then I had cared very little about plants and flowers, but now I found myself eagerly interested in every blossom, in every growth of the wayside.

How is it that the successful motivate themselves to keep at it when others fall by the wayside?

We found a beautiful flower by the wayside.

The old sign lay by the wayside.