Direction Quotes

Due north’ on my compass is largely ‘due’ to the fact that in ‘due’ time I have been ‘unduly’ lax in recalibrating my compass. And I’m apparently ignorant enough to wonder why I’m lost.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

You'll be hard-pressed to reach your goals if you don't map out where you're going. Take time to navigate your life.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Change words like difficult/impossible/unrealistic to words like challenging/fun/daring/exciting, and then get back to working/playing/competing/winning

~ Jamie Valentin

The only ship you can truly steer in this ocean is the one you're sailing. Quit trying to alter the winds, harness them.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

So long as we do not know definitely what we want, our forces will be scattered, and so long as our forces are scattered, we will accomplish but little, or fail entirely. When we know what we want, however, and proceed to work for it with all the power and ability that is in us, we may rest assured that we will get it. When we direct the power of thinking, the power of will, the power of mental action, the power of desire, the power of ambition, in fact, all the power we possess on the one thing we want, on the one goal we desire to reach, it is not difficult to understand why success in a greater and greater measure must be realized.

~ Christian D. Larson

The compass rose is nothing but a star with an infinite number of rays pointing in all directions.It is the one true and perfect symbol of the uni

~ Vera Nazarian

But beware of this about callings: they may not lead us where we intended to go or even where we want to go. If we choose to follow, we may have to be willing to let go of the life we already planned and accept whatever is waiting for us. And if the calling is true, though we may not have gone where we intended, we will surely end up where we need to be.

~ Steve Goodier

Listening to intuition is similar to watching wind wiggle a pond. Allow the ripples to move you where you need to be.

~ Soul Dancer

Everyone has their own calling, but not everyone is looking for the phone, or either they missed the call, or just not answered it.

~ Anthony Liccione

When I reached the street I didn't know whether to go right or left. Soon I'd have to start acting like a person who cared about what happened to him.

~ Denis Johnson

Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we'd never be able to choose our own destiny.

~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Trust what you know; have faith in where you go; if there's no wind, row; or go with the flow.

~ Ed Parrish Iii

Why is it that we don’t worry about a compass until we’re lost in a wilderness of our own making?

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Your mission isn't your guide. You have to find your own way.

~ Yellow Tanabe

Mostly they all were products of single parents, and in the most tragic category - black boys, with no particular criminal inclinations but whose very lack of direction put them in the crosshairs of the world.

~ Ta-Nehisi Coates

Life is made of connections. Who knows why fate throws things in our direction, but one thing's for sure, new things are there to offer value to our lives and teach us something new about ourselves. It's what makes life exciting.

~ Serina Hartwell

It's fate, but fate just gives us a nudge in the right direction onthe fast lane, I guarantee she doesn't have her hands in your pockets while she's doing it

~ Shelly Crane

There is a big difference between motion and action. Just because you get out of bed doesn't mean you are making progress. Taking action requires decisiveness, dedication, and clear direction.

~ Farshad Asl

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.

~ Orrin Woodward

BearingsYou are my dear compass,who knows no way but true,so when I'm lost and drifting,I find myself in you.Yet when I ask you, fearful,if I should set you free,imagine my surprise to hearyou take your north from me.

~ Louise Hawes

the voice taunted, and threatened: you are afraid, unhappy, dissatisfied, what if….but I knew, this was not His language for motivating my heart,so I waited quietly to hear my Father's native tongue, I love, I am satisfied, I trust, this is the way... - and I moved.

~ Kate Mullane Robertson

Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.

~ Vernon Howard

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

~ Bryant Mcgill

A lot of people have attained financial success in the negative and positive directions, but we are yet to see anyone achieve a happy life in the negative direction.

~ Hafiz

When the government and electrical utility company jointly harass an electrical fraud researcher, it confirms that the research is progressing in the right direction!

~ Steven Magee

All along, I was less concerned about walking a path of integrity and more caught up in a compass calibrated by greed. And with a compass such as this, how is it that I’m having a hard time understanding why I am where I am?

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design.

~ Steve Maraboli

Oh that I had the opportunity to rethink so many of my decisions, for the pitfalls into which I have so frequently fallen were often dug with the shovel of those very decisions.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

We all have our own road to walk. Whether rocky, curving, straight or smooth, what good is a lonely road? It’s when we run and intersect with other roads that defines our road. When road meets road do we get direction, and choices to cross into another life.

~ Anthony Liccione

At times, we need to let our choices die, for us to get a better direction in life.

~ Sunday Adelaja

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

~ A.j. Darkholme

As you explore new opportunities and new directions, consider this:• How do I want to make a difference in the world?• How do I want to be remembered?• What kind of legacy do I want to leave behind?

~ Julie Connor

We don’t have to be fast, we simply have to be steady and move in the right direction. Direction is always going to trump speed.

~ Toni Sorenson

A dead end is only the end of your road if you fail to turn around. Too many people needlessly waste time and energy trying to find a way across a dead end street. Stop, turn around, and ask God for directions to get to where you were going in the first place. Recalculate!

~ Katherine J Walden

. A gentle tug on the leash and I would adjust myself quickly. I never questioned it. I knew that she knew where we were going and I never once looked back. Sometimes God does that too. He reminds us not to get too headstrong so that we remain humble and attentive to Him. He knows where He is taking us.

~ Kate Mcgahan

Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.

~ Criss Jami

When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else.

~ Chris Matakas

Which gate to enter? Which path to choose? Which stairs to take? Which direction to go? These questions can be very depressive! And sometimes the solution lies in being bold, in being imprudent!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our choices decide our direction and carve a path for our personal lives and our careers.

~ Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

No one chooses his parent or childhood, but you can choose your own direction. Everyone has problems and obstacles to overcome.

~ Anonymous