Quotes About Direction

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose. It's easy to lead people when they have a sense of purpose. Sense of purpose is more important by far than the truth. In fact, truth has no bearing in this.

Whut's the plan, Rob? said one of them. OK lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right? The best plans are the simplest ones ...

It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

Granny Weatherwax was not lost. She wasn't the kind of person who ever became lost. It was just that, at the moment, while she knew exactly where SHE was, she didn't know the position of anywhere else.

If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.

Good and bad is tricky, she said. I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face.

The Departure Aria, a very important and romantic song - This damn door sticks, This damn door sticks It sticks no matter what I do. It is marked 'pull' and indeed I am pulling Perhaps it should be marked 'push'?

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

In life, as in breakfast cereal, it is always best to read the instructions on the box.

The past needs to be remembered. If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going.

But at least the way was clear now. When you step off a cliff, your life takes a very definite direction.

Humans are always slightly lost. It's a basic characteristic.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?

Some people are born to command. Some people achieve command. And others have command thrust upon them ...

Rincewind's feet made their own decision and, from the point of view of his head, got it entirely wrong.

The important thing about being a leader is not being right or wrong but being certain. Of course it helps to be right as well, the Abbot conceeded.

The R is the wrong way roond and you left the A and a Y out of Anybody,' said Jeannie, because it is a wife's job to stop her husband actually exploding with pride. 'Ach, wumman, I didna' ken which way the fat man wuz walkin',' said Rob, airly waving a hand. 'Ye canna trust the fat man. That's the kind of thing us nat'ral writin' folk knows about. One day he might walk this way, next day he might walk that way.

YOU ARE NOT AFRAID? 'Not yet. But, er...which way to the egress, please?' There was a pause. Then Death said, in a puzzled voice: ISN'T THAT A FEMALE EAGLE?

We always ken where we are! It's just sometimes mebbe we aren't sure where everything else is, but it's no' our fault if everything else gets lost! The Nac Mac Feegle are never lost!

The road, Hwel felt, had to go somewhere. This geographical fiction has been the death of many people. Roads don't necessarily have to go anywhere, they just have to have somewhere to start.

If you're too afraid of going astray you won't go anywhere

The trouble with a target-rich environment is that it's useless if you don't know which target you have to aim at.