Quotes About Direction

I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway.

I'm not really sure where it comes from, but every time I meet someone who says 'I really want to be an entrepreneur' but has no idea what they want to do, I really just think: 'This person is totally aimless.'

Si nuestras vidas son breves y carecen de dirección, al menos podemos sentirnos orgullosos de nuestro coraje colectivo en nuestra lucha por comprender cosas mucho más grandes que nosotros.

A dream without ambition is like a car without gas... you're not going anywhere.

I wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

We are commanded by fools and incompetents.

The trouble with being all-rounder and good at most things is that it is difficult to know what to specialize in.

Light, dark," Shaak Ti had said. "They are just directions. Do not be fooled that you stand on anything other than your own two feet.

A shortsighted person can do little more than follow the road she's on; someone blessed with clear sight sees all the turnoffs she could take—and numerous alternate paths besides, running parallel to the one beneath her feet. One is only lost when one has some perception, no matter how dim, that there is somewhere else one should be.

Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.

Is it not the case that many a life journey starts out in the opposite direction to its destiny?

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

When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.

Plant your feet and stand firm. The only question is where to put your feet.

it makes no difference where you came from, if you know where you want to go.

Remember, the subconscious mind will believe anything you tell it if you tell it long enough and strongly enough. It will simply go to work to carry out its new directives. Your subconscious mind will receive the new direction, create a new, more successful picture of you in your control center, and, over time, will convince you to put the cigarette out, put down the fork instead of eating that extra dessert

We are too busy fixing the train to realize that we are on the wrong track. We are too busy staying alive to figure out how to live.

What path from what past, what journeys towards what future when departure and destination of every moment is in the direction of dance

strength and purpose come from you. Direct our steps today, and turn us from the perishable things at which we grasp. Cast your light upon us so that our lives may bear witness to the light of Christ. Amen.

John had lost his way, his Point B. He needed new strategies for getting to his old goals, or he needed a new Point B. The next