Quotes About Direction

You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.

Who says there has to be a point? He asked. Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.

I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.

When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need.

I'd learn that it's not just where you go, but how you choose to get there. So I pulled that sign off the green bike - ENJOY YOUR RIDE! - and went inside to take the first step toward doing just that.

It's not just where you go, but how you choose to get there.

You can make your life, or life can make you. Was it really that simple of a choice?

Like life isn't complicated enough. You should at least be able to follow the signs.

No matter where you are, home or the strangest of places, everyone wants to look like they know where they're going.

Meanwhile, Morris settled into his seat with his signature slouch, neither knowing nor caring where I was taking him. Like destinations, in general, were vastly overrated. And maybe they were. As long as you were moving, you were always going somewhere.

As long as you were moving, you were always going somewhere.

The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good, twice is usually okay but a third is risky. You never know when the third person will stop playing and you end up with nothing.

If life is a journey, wouldn't you rather be the person behind the wheel than the one just being carried along?

it's a lot easier to be lost than found.

But I was sure of something, too: it's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching, and rarely discovered—so many locks, not enough keys.

This direction is the human phrase equivalent of saying "please." Give the direction once in a clear, strong voice. If your puppy ignores you, don't be afraid to walk closer to them and say it again. Sit is not optional.

Stay cool. Frustration makes you look foolish. As you work toward off-lead control, your puppy may act confused and unresponsive because your guidance is gone. You used to give the direction and guide them with the lead.

A clear plan relieves you of the torment of choice.

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Happiness has more to do with where you are heading than where you are.

Happiness has more to do with where you're heading than where you are.

Systems have no deadlines, and on any given day you probably can't tell if they're moving you in the right direction

Humans will always think in terms of goals. Our brains are wired that way. But goals make sense only if you also have a system that moves you in the right direction.

If you achieve your goal, you celebrate and feel terrific, but only until you realize you just lost the thing that gave you purpose and direction. Your options are to feel empty and useless, perhaps enjoying the spoils of your success until they bore you, or set new goals and reenter the cycle of permanent presuccess failure.