Quotes About Direction

Even straight roads meander.

meaning and purpose of life hinged on what he chose to love and who he chose to become, the answer became clear. His heart already knew he should

Is there any point to my sword?" Cole asked. "Just one," Ferrin replied. "At the tip.

Life was about momentum . Pick a direction and don't let anything—man or storm— turn you aside.

Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn't the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.

Doesn't matter how good your bullets are if you don't aim carefully.

Sometimes, people only seem determined upon one course because they have been offered no other options.

A river is easier to channel than to stop.

Being in charge isn't about doing anything—it's about making certain that other people do what they're supposed to!

But I still feel that I was basically luggage for most of the trip." He shrugged. "Steris, I think we're all like that. Shuffled from place to place by duty, or society, or God Himself. It seems like we're just along for the ride, even in our own lives. But once in a while, we do face a choice. A real one. We may not be able to choose what happens to us, or where we'll stop, but we point ourselves in a direction.

Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn't the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.

Pulling and Pushing against metals usually felt less like flying than it did like falling—only in the wrong direction.

Does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take?

Joseph Campbell wrote, "If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

At some point, if everything on the list is important, then nothing is truly a driver for you.

How did I get here from there? How do I get there from here?

I often say that Wholeheartedness is like the North Star: We never really arrive, but we certainly know if we're headed in the right direction.

We need to remember the past so that we can more clearly see where we are going.

to move into the darkness guided only by a pillar

A periodic tune-up of our personal priorities and a regular safety inspection of the direction and desired destination of our lives help insure us against major temporal, emotional, and spiritual breakdowns.

We should remember the wise adage that goals (or commandments, in this case) are stars to guide us and not sticks with which to beat ourselves.

Despite everything, I've tried to take responsibility for my life, and not merely allowed it to float away at the mercy of whatever current came along.

Big changes don't happen at the battlefield; they are made in closed rooms where very powerful people decide in which direction things should go.

Someone must lead the way.