Quotes About Direction

Würde ich einmal ein größeres Ganzes schreiben können, wohlgebildet vom Anfang bis zum Ende, dann könnte sich auch die Geschichte niemals endgiltig von mir loslösen und ich dürfte ruhig und mit offenen Augen als Blutsverwandter einer gesunden Geschichte ihrer Vorlesung zuhören, so aber lauft jedes Stückchen der Geschichte heimatlos herum und treibt mich in die entgegengesetzte Richtung. Tagebucheintrag vom 5. November 1911.

He smiled and said, "You want me to tell you the way?" "Yes," I said, "because I can't find it myself." "Give up, give up," he said, and turned away abruptly, like someone who wanted to be alone with his laughter.

Existe um objetivo, mas nenhum caminho; o que chamamos de caminho é hesitação.

'Portlandia' is the most fun show. When I get a breakdown of what the arc of the story is going to be, I could never in my wildest dreams anticipate the direction.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Change is inevitable, change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that's when it's progress.

There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

The power of a person derives not from the office he occupies but from a clear sense of direction and aspiration and from a willingness to struggle for his ways and beliefs.

Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.

It's like everyone you talk to in Bachelor Nation had their Hannah Brown story. The reason you haven't heard that from Bachelor people, to be totally honest, is they're afraid of Hannah and her fans and, specifically, they are afraid of Hannah's willingness to steer her fans' energy in the direction of her critics.

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.

By running, you're making that commitment that says, 'I'm dedicating myself to public service.' Win or lose, you're making that statement, and you actually are taking a step in that direction.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

Thus far we run before the wind.

It's hard to get fluffed up about love anymore. I've lived it. I try to avoid it. If I'm extremely fond of a woman, if I think I might really wind up walking down the aisle again... I go in another direction.

I can look up in the air and see where the wind is gonna change direction.

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

I couldn't imagine screaming 'Action!' on an outdoor set over a wind machine or whatever.