Quotes About Direction

There is no discipline in the world so severe as the discipline of experience subjected to the tests of intelligent development and direction.

Nothing is more tragic than failure to discover one's true business in life, or to find that one has drifted or been forced by circumstance into an uncongenial calling.

Holding the mind to a subject is like holding a ship to its course; it implies constant change of place combined with unity of direction.

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

Who ever loves, if he do not proposeThe right true end of love, he's one that goesTo sea for nothing but to make him sick.

I joy, that in these straits I see my west;

How do I get to Broadway?...I want to get to the center of things.

In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters of theatre, writing, and painting. While the American Mercury and the new Ford continue to spread a thin varnish of Ritz over the whole United States there is a certain virtue in being unfashionable.

A career, like a business, must be budgeted. When it is necessary, the budget can be adjusted to meet changing conditions. A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

You can't go through life on "Borrowed light.

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

Whatever you do in your daily life - driving from here to there, trying to reach someone on the phone, doing this or that - you always are going toward somewhere. That's inevitable.

The point of your life is to point to Him...it is His movie, His world, His gift.

Good decisions don't make life easy, but they do make it easier.

Always do whatever's next.

Life is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose.

Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.

Purpose is the engine, the power that drives and directs our lives.

If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing... We may only go in circles.

As you speed along the highway of life ... you might pause and consider. When everything's coming your way, maybe you're driving in the wrong lane.

Keep your mind going in the right direction, and your life will catch up with it.

Maybe getting around in life was nothing but map-reading. A skill that required practice. A key to unlock where you wanted to go. A legend to show where you were.

Taking chances on opportunities, even if they aren't right for you, gives you a clearer picture of where you want to go with your life and career.